Aquatics

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Aquatics is a term for water sports. The world organizing body for aquatics is Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). FINA recognizes five distinct sports: swimming, water polo, diving, open water swimming and synchronized swimming.[1]

Sports

Swimming

Swimming competition consists of swimmers racing against one another over measured distances in a swimming pool. The four major strokes used in swimming competitions are backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle (front crawl).

Water polo

Water polo is a ball game played in a swimming pool.

Diving

Diving is a judged sport in which competitors enter a body of water (usually a man made pool) from a height.
Divers can compete in 5 different events.
1 meter springboard
3 meter springboard
10 meter platform
3 meter springboard synchronized
10 meter platform synchronized

Open Water

Synchonized Swimming

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