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mikeytown2 | 7 months ago

The rule is only on the IM; freestyle can't be butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke.

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bee_rider|7 months ago

They added a rule in 1998, you can only go 15 meters underwater after the flip. Although I guess there are safety concerns, which seems reasonable…

aleph_minus_one|7 months ago

But why do we need this rule if front crawl is faster anyway?

bee_rider|7 months ago

IM stands for individual medley so it makes sense that they’d restrict the swimming types in that race