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  1. Swimming is the self-propulsion of the 
  2. body through water. There are four strokes in 
  3. competitive swimming: freestyle, 
  4. breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly. 
  5. Distances of races vary between 50 and
  6. 1,500metres. Olympic-size pools are 50m (55
  7. yards long and have eight lanes. Swimming has 
  8. been known since ancient times, in the 
  9. training of Greek and Roman warriors. 
  10.  
  11. Subject by: Vince Pike
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