Chapter
Swimming Sports
Abstract
The “Aquatic Sports” comprised of six forms of competition: pool swimming (divided into short course 25 m and long course 50 m/Olympic events), open water swimming (distances ranging from 5 to 57 K with the 10 K being the Olympic Marathon Open Water event), diving (1 and 3 m spring board, 3 and 10 m platform), high diving (24 m for women and 27 m for men), artistic swimming (formerly known as synchronized swimming) and water polo. These …
Authors
Miller JW; Mountjoy M; van den Hoogenband C-R; Lopez-Vidriero E; Solana-Trmunt M
Book title
Injury and Health Risk Management in Sports
Pagination
pp. 641-649
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2020
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-60752-7_97