Sports Report: 12 Reasons to Love Swimming

Sports Report: 12 Reasons to Love Swimming — page 3
2 The Sport Is Always Changing The Olympic Games in Athens Greece in 1896 Swimming competitions today are very different than those of the past The 1896 Olympics featured only four swimming events All were held in the open sea Three of the events were open to all men One was only for sailors in the Greek Royal Navy 6 The 1900 Olympics featured an obstacle course Swimmers had to climb over a pole climb over a row of boats and then swim under another row of boats That event was never held again Swimming strokes have also changed Early swimmers used the breaststroke and