Skill swimming knew the ancient Egyptians and the Assyrians, and Greece swimming was part of the general culture.Swimming can strengthen the heart and lungs, decreases stress and train all muscle groups,almost all mammals on earth from birth know how to swim only man has to learn.
Peanuts are an excellent source of energy for an hour swimmers competitive swimming can burn up to 650 calories.Swimming is an excellent cardiovascular exercise (exercise for the heart, lungs and blood vessels) because the resistance movement in the water 10 times greater than air resistance.
The first swimming competition that is recorded, it was in Japan, however, swimming is not a sport was included in the ancient Olympic Games.Swimming at the Olympics since 1896 appears a synchronized swimming made its first appearance at the Olympics in 1984
Hungarian swimmer Gyorgy Tumpek 1952 demonstrated a new swimming style titled "dolphin" and actor Johnny Weissmuller, who played the character of Tarzan is a five-time Olympic champion in swimming
Mark Spitz was the first swimmer who won seven gold medals at the Olympics in Munich in 1972. That record was broken down Phelps (Michael Phelps) with eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics 2008
Mark Spitz at the Munich Olympics in 1972 seven gold medals:
Michael Phelps at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, and eight gold medals:
"Speedo" - known producer of swimming equipment, makes a similar appearance fabric skin of sharks and the material they call "fast skin", which reduces water resistance and turbulence and allows for more efficient swimming.Bikini swimsuit was named after the nuclear tests in the South Pacific in the US, at a place called "Bikini Atoll"
Another interesting feature in the Dead Sea, due to the very high content of salts, a body floating on the surface and is not possible to swim normally.
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