# Freestyle swimming question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestyle-swimming-question/260219>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2004, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestyle-swimming-question/260219 "2004-08-17T10:11:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestyle-swimming-question/260219/21 "2004-08-20T16:59:18Z")

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> [@bsane](#):
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> New olympic sport: Speed Shuffle

New Olympic Sport: the 100 meter mosey  
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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestyle-swimming-question/260219/22 "2004-08-20T17:32:58Z")

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For those interested in the biomechanics of the crawl, [this piece](http://members.fortunecity.com/magnusdr/coaching/freestyle.html) is interesting reading. In the history of the stroke it is mentioned that the original Australian stroke had only a 2 beat kick which was improved by Americans to 4 and more.

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