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Swimming is a technique that humans, and other animals, use to move through water using only movements of the body. This article concentrates on human swimming, a recreational activity and a competitive sport. There are health benefits of swimming, but it also entails risks.

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Swimming, a common ability among mammals including many primates, has been known since prehistoric humanoids. Drawings from the stone age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Wadi Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of Egypt. Written references date back up to 2000 B.C., including Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible (Ezekiel 47:5, Acts 27:42, Isaiah 25:11), Beowulf, and other sagas. In 1538 Nicolas Wynman, German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book "Colymbetes". Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke. The front crawl, then called the trudgen was introduced in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from Native Americans.

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@ktjbpa2006 oh ma, too hilarious. I was lookig at them, and im pretty sure kevin borrowed joe's swimming shorts....lolololol attractive
spantacular (katrina araujo) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:57:00 -0000
@ktjbpa2006 oh ma, too hilarious. I was lookig at them, and im pretty sure kevin borrowed joe's swimming shorts....lolololol attractive
#factsaboutme I love to go swimming in the rain.. idk I love water!
DaNiBish (danielle hester) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:56:59 -0000
#factsaboutme I love to go swimming in the rain.. idk I love water!
Why do I always get such weird calls from the police? I guess the swat teams comin swimming.. haha
Bradwhat (Brad Watkins) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:56:56 -0000
Why do I always get such weird calls from the police? I guess the swat teams comin swimming.. haha
im swimming against tim our keyboard player today im pumped
PaulfromRB (Paul-Red Bandanas) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:56:25 -0000
im swimming against tim our keyboard player today im pumped
#factsaboutme I LOVE swimming. I even jumped off the 'glass-bottom boat' by myself when i went to Jamaica. They thought i was crzy!
ambers_a_cutie (Amber Garcia) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:55:54 -0000
#factsaboutme I LOVE swimming. I even jumped off the 'glass-bottom boat' by myself when i went to Jamaica. They thought i was crzy!
all the superbads...lets go swimming,,lets go swimming
JBdaYL (Jabari G) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:55:53 -0000
all the superbads...lets go swimming,,lets go swimming

 
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