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Old 08-18-2008, 09:27 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by kipperiggy View Post
Regardless of whether or not there should be one medal or several in swimming, I'm curious as to whether or not you have ever swam competitively? Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke are all completely different races requiring different skills. As a swimmer as well as a soccer and basketball player, I would say that all require a great deal of skill and to say that those team sports require "way more" skill than swimming is not giving swimmers enough credit at all for their abilities and skill.
I did swim race, but not very well. You only have to master a couple of motions in a given swimming event. A basketball player has to learn hundreds of motions.
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