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  • As a youngster growing up a small Mississippi town, Bob Dudley was a swimming prodigy with one of the speediest backstrokes in the state. New BP boss Bob Dudley 'doesn't need to fake his empathy for the Gulf coast'
  • A good backstroker knows how many strokes to take when they see the flags before flipping over onto their stomachs for the flip turn.
  • She's particularly good at breaststroke and backstroke. Times, Sunday Times
  • A similar best ever 2.57.68 saw Jonathan Sayer fourth in the 200 backstroke.
  • A range of events featuring freestyle, butterfly, sidestroke, backstroke and medley races saw the kids battle for supremacy as to who would be the king and queen of the pool in their age groups and for their swimming club.
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  • Molly won a bronze medal in the 200 meter backstroke, swimming a lifetime best of 2:16.42.
  • In the open gala, Amy Clayden produced superb form to claim gold in the butterfly, backstroke and freestyle and a silver in the individual medley.
  • The year 1956 was momentous for British backstroke swimming. Times, Sunday Times
  • He nearly won four more bronzes when fourth in the 50m backstroke and breaststroke, and 100m of both those strokes.
  • She went out fast and paid for it late but hung on to win the 100 backstroke.
  • Thy hands should be touching each other on both the handstroke and the backstroke to ensure an even pull.
  • Joe Speakman dominated for first place in freestyle with Matthew Clinton fourth in backstroke and sixth in the individual medley.
  • There are 2 strokes, the back and hand stroke, and you start with learning one – the backstroke is marginally easier - and my coach, Ginny, stood next to me as I felt the weight of the bell for the first time, ready to catch it (the rope not the bell...) if it all went pear-shaped.
  • Another shows how the grebes' lobed feet travel in a nearly circular pattern when they dive underwater, with the toes folded and rotated to decrease water resistance on the backstroke.
  • His time of 1 minute, 1.52 seconds in the backstroke was a state qualifying mark. The Bellingham Herald: Sports News
  • Her time in the backstroke was a new state-qualifying mark. The Bellingham Herald: Sports News
  • I can do the crawl, and I'm learning the backstroke and breaststroke.
  • He won the 100m backstroke and freestyle on day one, and followed up by winning the 100m butterfly on day two.
  • The swimmer also picked up merits in the 4 x 50m freestyle and the 50m backstroke as he was credited with a 4th and 5th placing in the events.
  • He swung his left arm up in a reverse backstroke, and grasped the chain.
  • World recordholder Aaron Peirsol was upset in the 100 backstroke, narrowly losing to David Plummer, a 24-year-old swimmer from Minnetonka, Minn., who won the first national title of his career. Michael Phelps Dominates US Nationals
  • The backstroke is ideal for toning the upper body, while the breast stroke works those hard-to-tone inner thighs.
  • Feet, due to their similar shape while in the freestyle or backstroke mode of kicking, may be compared to the thrust of a ship's propeller.
  • I only watched to begin with and when I did finally get in the water backstroke was the only thing I liked.
  • No surprisingly, the first stroke he mastered was the backstroke.
  • He looked proud of himself and fell backwards under the water, doing a backstroke away.
  • Mostly I did the sidestroke and froggy-backstroke Bardiac, queen of not-quite-real swimming strokes, and a bit of breaststroke. Archive 2009-06-01
  • She's particularly good at breaststroke and backstroke. Times, Sunday Times
  • There were individual medleys, as well as backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle events.
  • He swung his left arm up in a reverse backstroke, and grasped the chain.
  • I'm pretty chilled and am good friends with a lot of the backstrokers, so we just sit and chat. The Sun
  • The backstroke is my best stroke, but the 100-yard isn't my best event," said Dempsey, who also finished 10th in the 200 individual medley (in 1: 58.53) at state this year. OnlineAthens: Top Headlines
  • These are classes for competent adult swimmers who know their breaststroke from their backstroke and are keen to hone their skills. Times, Sunday Times
  • Swimming is divided into breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly stroke.
  • This is usually the backstroke of the Treble's full lead.
  • She made the Olympic team last week, then finished second in the 200 backstroke on Monday.
  • Reese predicts that the bulk of the team's points will come from middle distance freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and diving.
  • Blackburn council decide to ban the backstroke in a swimming pool in case somebody bumps his or her head.
  • No child went away disappointed as there were so many races: freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, relays and novelty races.
  • He will now line up in the 200 backstroke on Day two before taking on the 100m on Saturday and Sunday.
  • Wyomissing sophomore Katie Duggan is eighth in the 100 backstroke, which is where she finished last year. Berks county news
  • Aaron Peirsol also defended his title taking the gold in the men's 100 meter backstroke and breaking the world record. CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2008
  • His best events are the 50-meter and 100-meter backstroke, as well as the 200 individual medley.
  • He also won the consolation final of the 100 backstroke with a lifetime best time.
  • Backstroke and butterfly are OK, but they're not as good as the other two.
  • These are classes for competent adult swimmers who know their breaststroke from their backstroke and are keen to hone their skills. Times, Sunday Times
  • Put swimmers in lanes and behind the backstroke flags.
  • Biding her time on the opening fly leg, she took over the lead in the backstroke and extended it with every lap.
  • It marked the first time an American woman had set the 100 meter backstroke world record in nearly 34 years.
  • She is also the only woman to have won golds in three different strokes - freestyle, backstroke and butterfly.
  • I had no pressure in that race being a backstroker," Welsh said. USATODAY.com - Three swimming world records fall; Thompson wins again
  • So popular was the gala that the number of events had to be restricted to the front crawl and the backstroke because such a large number of competitors turned up.
  • A lot of kids don't know that there is a backstroke breathing pattern.
  • Only Tom Dolan, the 400-meter individual-medley recordholder, and Jeff Rouse, the 100-meter backstroker, were favored to win gold medals. Pool Sharks
  • There were individual medleys, as well as backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle events.
  • She's particularly good at breaststroke and backstroke. Times, Sunday Times
  • Use sidestrokes and backstrokes to work really hard without having to focus too hard on your breathing.
  • I started on my stomach, but turned to a sidestroke, then a backstroke to get to the island.
  • Rose won the 200m butterfly along with the 200m and 400m individual medleys, while finishing third in the 200m backstroke.
  • Not only is the spa cuisine amazing, but they like their guests to indulge in southwestern style stargazing, which is something that they offer in their outdoor barn pool, where you can look at the Big Dipper while you ` re doing the backstroke. CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2006
  • Jackie, you're so good at the other strokes like crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke.
  • Australia was disqualified in qualifying for an exchange violation between its first and second legs — from backstroker Joshua Watson to breaststroker Jim Piper. USATODAY.com - Phelps finishes with another world record
  • The paddles thus acted like hydrofoils generating thrust during the backstroke and also from lift during the recovery stroke.
  • The year 1956 was momentous for British backstroke swimming. Times, Sunday Times
  • I desperately wanted to complete the accreditation process and settle in to my accommodation, which I would again be sharing with backstroker Charlene Wittstock. An Autobiography
  • Kate Fesenko is defending champ in the 100 - and 200-yard backstrokes. IndyStar.com Top Stories
  • The performances churned chatter about the Spitz standard, and Thorpe fed it by testing himself in backstroke and IM events. USATODAY.com - Phelps vs. Thorpe has big buildup
  • He was second in freestyle, third in both backstroke and butterfly and fourth in breaststroke.
  • I trusted she knew what she was doing even when she weaved between the couples doing what I could only call the backstroke, but out of water. Archive 2006-10-01
  • As you begin the first part of the backstroke arm stroke, your arm enters the water fully extended over your shoulder, pinky finger first with the palm of your hand slightly pitched out to the side.
  • Swimming backstroke gives them a chance to work the kinks out of their tired freestyle muscles with some active rest swimming.
  • I ate one during my first advanced swimming lesson (YMCA, 1979, a modified Finnish backstroke), as I competed in my first school chess tournament, while taking the ACT exam, during my first real date (this was in college — I started late due to my enormous unsymmetrical ears), and also a green sour apple blow pop as I was encouraging a young lady to accept a large diamond. Charms L.P.
  • Tara won third place in Swimming 50-meter backstroke in the Inter-Village finals last June.
  • He could have skipped the 200 free and swam the 200 backstroke, which he qualified for at the Olympic Trials but decided not to swim here in Athens.
  • While Ukraine's Yana Klochkova still is the world's best medleyist, the middle distance and distance freestyles are up for grabs, as is the 200 fly and, surprisingly, both backstrokes.
  • You then follow this bell's handstroke with your backstroke and its backstroke with your handstroke.
  • The strokes swum on the back include back stroke or back crawl, elementary backstroke, inverted breaststroke, inverted butterfly, back double trudgen, flutter back finning and feet first swimming.
  • Jackie, you're so good at the other strokes like crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke.
  • In the water he started out on a fast crawl, then switched to a slower backstroke.
  • As well as being a competitive swimming stroke, backstroke has an important role in injury prevention.
  • German Sandra Voelker set a new women's 50m backstroke world record in the preliminary heats of the national championships in Berlin.
  • Stanford's Eugene Godsoe, who won both backstrokes and was second in the 100 butterfly, was named Swimmer of the Meet. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • The women now have what the U.S. men no longer have now that backstroker Aaron Peirsol and breaststroker Brendan Hansen have retired: one of the world's best swimmers in each stroke. SI.com
  • Molly's balance in the water is one of the reasons her backstroke is so fast.
  • All in all, Japan's men took home five of six golds and went 1-2 in four events, including a sweep of the 700 backstroke.
  • The 1996 Olympic champion in the 100 backstroke held the world record in the event from 1991-99.
  • Lenny Krayzelburg, the American who holds the world record of 24.99 in the 50 backstroke, is recovering from shoulder surgery and is not competing. USATODAY.com - Crocker sets world record in 100-meter butterfly
  • With Phelps and backstroker Aaron Peirsol leading the way and Lochte and Ian Crocker their top challengers, they also could finish 1-2 in a handful of individual events. Highs, lows for Team USA at swimming, track and field trials
  • My roommate was Charlene Wittstock, the backstroker from Durban. An Autobiography
  • She has already set a British record in the 100m backstroke. Times, Sunday Times
  • She's particularly good at breaststroke and backstroke. Times, Sunday Times
  • You spend most of the time with head immersed in tempestuous waters, constantly pulled and kicked by other swimmers, getting fingers jammed in lane lines and heads slammed at the end of the pool during backstroke sets. Archive 2007-05-01
  • It helps me to elevate the shoulder that's out of the water when I'm swimming regular backstroke, and it emphasizes hip rotation.
  • Swimmers are taught the strokes used for competitions; the front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.
  • This article will illustrate some of the key points in the recovery of the first arm stroke out of the breakout in the backstroke.
  • There were individual medleys, as well as backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle events.
  • Australia was disqualified in qualifying for an exchange violation between its first and second legs — from backstroker Joshua Watson to breaststroker Jim Piper. USATODAY.com - Phelps finishes with another world record
  • The signal for this was ringing the treble on it's own for a handstroke and a backstroke.
  • Splash up and down in it - do backstrokes, hand-stands and float real nice in it. Charles D. Ellison: Getting on the Bus
  • The backstroke and freestyle tapes are equally valuable.
  • South Africa's Ryk Neethling, who competed collegiately at Arizona, won five events, while Australia's Matt Welsh won the two backstrokes not won by Peirsol. USATODAY.com - Miller nets USATODAY.com honor with burst of speed
  • He had a great fly, and his backstroke was technically perfect, but he wasn't strong enough to go faster.
  • I've never heard of a swimming pool anywhere in the world that has banned backstroke.
  • The paddles thus acted like hydrofoils generating thrust during the backstroke and also from lift during the recovery stroke.
  • In addition, swimming with sidestrokes or backstrokes can also minimize stress on the back when compared with frontward strokes.
  • Letting the hand hesitate on the water in backstroke is the same as slowing your baseball swing to hit the ball.
  • However 15 meters is difficult for most swimmers to sustain in a 200 backstroke.
  • My stomach has broken free and is doing backstrokes in my gut. Sweetblood
  • She has already set a British record in the 100m backstroke. Times, Sunday Times
  • Curious, Alyssa stopped practicing her backstroke and looked at her father.
  • This exercise also plays a vital role in swimming during stroke recovery in the freestyle, butterfly and backstroke.
  • Last year I had the luxury of swimming a few strokes backstroke so I could get a good look at the Golden Gate Bridge.
  • But in spite of this, Don Quixote did not leave off discharging a continuous rain of cuts, slashes, downstrokes, and backstrokes, and at length, in less than the space of two credos, he brought the whole show to the ground, with all its fittings and figures shivered and knocked to pieces, King Don Quixote
  • He may be the best freestyle swimmer in the world, but the 100m backstroke was an event he entered to vary his programme.
  • The backstroker is first, the breaststroker is second, the butterflier is third, and the freestyler is last.
  • Katy can't believe her time as she wins the 200 backstroke in a new British and Commonwealth record.
  • He was a backstroker, and I was the top girls 'swimmer. An Autobiography
  • It's a good confidence booster to know that the backstroke is there," Phelps said. Phelps wins three events, eyes US Trials
  • Reese predicts that the bulk of the team's points will come from middle distance freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and diving.
  • These are classes for competent adult swimmers who know their breaststroke from their backstroke and are keen to hone their skills. Times, Sunday Times
  • Breaststroke specialist Brendan Hansen and backstroker Aaron Peirsol swept their two individual races and joined Phelps and Ian Crocker in the medley relay. USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week Nelson finds gold at last
  • After you've taught the butterfly, add dolphin kick on the back to backstroke instruction.
  • Use your arms in a backstroke motion to steer if necessary.
  • He backstrokes away and then cautiously around the counter, lettered in black: ANUBIS Swinoujscie, trying to keep away from those screws. Gravity's Rainbow
  • The mental scar from the 2004 200m backstroke final remains sensitive to the touch. Times, Sunday Times
  • These are classes for competent adult swimmers who know their breaststroke from their backstroke and are keen to hone their skills. Times, Sunday Times
  • Last fall, Ambaye enrolled in BMCC and joined the men's swim team, where he has been a mainstay in the 200 - and 100 - meter backstrokes and the 400-meter individual medley. PRWeb - Daily News Feed
  • Susan is in nine events 100m and 200m backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle and 200m individual medley.
  • I medaled in all six of my events, and I almost captured the gold in the 200 meter backstroke, missing by just 1-tenth of a second.
  • In each, Ogawa deploys an precise style that maintains an eerie distance between the narrator and event, her words clinical and charged with meaning, always leading with a slow build that concludes with a twist – although backstroke is probably more apt. Yoko Ogawa
  • When a touch comes round at handstroke you need to call ‘That's all’ at the backstroke before.
  • A triple gold medalist in Sydney, he is searching for a final hurrah on the Olympic stage, namely the defense of his title in the 100 backstroke.
  • She is also the only woman to have won golds in three different strokes - freestyle, backstroke and butterfly.
  • Though Mikhaila swims all strokes, she said she likes the backstroke the best.
  • Admittedly backstrokers have comedy value when they misjudge the length of the pool and bonk their head on the end. Times, Sunday Times
  • He also won golds in the 50m backstroke and freestyle.
  • This exercise also plays a vital role in swimming during stroke recovery in the freestyle, butterfly and backstroke.
  • He was first in the 100m freestyle, second in the 100m backstroke and individual medley and third in the 100m breaststroke and butterfly.
  • Yet, why is the transition turn from backstroke to breaststroke only used in high school swimming?
  • She also reached the final of the 200m backstroke, 200m breaststroke and 100m freestyle.
  • If you've been swimming a lot of front crawl or fly, swim some backstroke.
  • Last year I had the luxury of swimming a few strokes backstroke so I could get a good look at the Golden Gate Bridge.
  • A year ago, I would have said that the backstroke was her worst stroke.
  • Can you swim backstroke yet?
  • The darkness streaked the ugly swell of racing water, which carried him half a mile downstream before his backstrokes finally brought him to the shelter of the shallows. Slan
  • The mental scar from the 2004 200m backstroke final remains sensitive to the touch. Times, Sunday Times
  • Yelena Krayzelburg -- mother of Lenny, the U.S. backstroker who tripled in gold -- sported a red, white and blue top hat. A Splash Of Records

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