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href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80" title="तैराकी – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="तैराकी" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sund" title="Sund – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Sund" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9" title="سباحة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سباحة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataci%C3%B3n" title="Natación – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Natación" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A8" title="Լողալը – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Լողալը" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataci%C3%B3n" title="Natación – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Natación" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jepokuita" title="Jepokuita – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Jepokuita" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="সাঁতার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সাঁতার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakunyung" title="Bakunyung – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Bakunyung" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%BB-ch%C3%BAi" title="Siû-chúi – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Siû-chúi" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renang" title="Renang – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Renang" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D2%A3_%D0%B9%D3%A9%D2%99%D3%A9%D2%AF%D0%B5" title="Кешенең йөҙөүе – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Кешенең йөҙөүе" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Плаванне – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Плаванне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Плаваньне – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Плаваньне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paglangoy" title="Paglangoy – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Paglangoy" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Плуване – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Плуване" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plivanje" title="Plivanje – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Plivanje" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuial" title="Neuial – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Neuial" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataci%C3%B3" title="Natació – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Natació" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plav%C3%A1n%C3%AD" title="Plavání – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Plavání" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shambira" title="Shambira – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Shambira" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofio" title="Nofio – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Nofio" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sv%C3%B8mning" title="Svømning – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Svømning" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B7)" title="عومان (نشاط) – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="عومان (نشاط)" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwimmen_beim_Menschen" title="Schwimmen beim Menschen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Schwimmen beim Menschen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80" title="पौडी – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="पौडी" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujumine" title="Ujumine – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ujumine" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7" title="Κολύμβηση – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κολύμβηση" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming" title="Swimming – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Swimming" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataci%C3%B3n" title="Natación – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Natación" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C4%9Dado" title="Naĝado – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Naĝado" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igeriketa" title="Igeriketa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Igeriketa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86)" title="شنا (انسان) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شنا (انسان)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahurrna" title="Pahurrna – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Pahurrna" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svimjing_(%C3%ADtr%C3%B3ttur)" title="Svimjing (ítróttur) – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Svimjing (ítróttur)" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natation" title="Natation – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Natation" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimmen" title="Swimmen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Swimmen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%A1mh" title="Snámh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Snámh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataci%C3%B3n" title="Natación – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Natación" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%98%EC%98%81" title="수영 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="수영" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80" title="तैराकी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="तैराकी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plivanje" title="Plivanje – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Plivanje" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natado" title="Natado – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Natado" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenang" title="Berenang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Berenang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svimmar" title="Svimmar – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Svimmar" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sund" title="Sund – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sund" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuoto" title="Nuoto – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nuoto" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94" title="שחייה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שחייה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langi" title="Langi – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Langi" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C9%A9m_ya%CA%8B" title="Lɩm yaʋ – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Lɩm yaʋ" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%DA%BE%D8%B1%D9%9B%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%9B%D9%B9" title="ژھرٛانٛٹ – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="ژھرٛانٛٹ" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D2%AF%D0%B7%D1%83" title="Жүзу – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жүзу" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasyon" title="Natasyon – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Natasyon" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melevan%C3%AE" title="Melevanî – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Melevanî" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D1%81%D2%AF%D0%B7%D2%AF%D2%AF" title="Сууда сүзүү – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Сууда сүзүү" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natatio" title="Natatio – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Natatio" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peld%C4%93%C5%A1ana" title="Peldēšana – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Peldēšana" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaukimas" title="Plaukimas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Plaukimas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uindu" title="Uindu – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Uindu" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nud%C3%A0" title="Nudà – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Nudà" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Asz%C3%A1s" title="Úszás – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Úszás" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5" title="Човечко пливање – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Човечко пливање" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%85" title="عوم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="عوم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_(%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4)" title="هولی (ورزش) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="هولی (ورزش)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renang" title="Renang – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Renang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%B9-c%C5%ABi" title="Siù-cūi – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Siù-cūi" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nata%C3%A7on" title="Nataçon – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Nataçon" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%80%E1%80%B0%E1%80%B8%E1%80%81%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ရေကူးခြင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ရေကူးခြင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qalo" title="Qalo – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Qalo" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwemmen_(mens)" title="Zwemmen (mens) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zwemmen (mens)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80" title="पौडी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="पौडी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E6%B3%B3" title="水泳 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="水泳" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sv%C3%B8mming" title="Svømming – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Svømming" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symjing" title="Symjing – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Symjing" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natacion" title="Natacion – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Natacion" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swemmen" title="Swemmen – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Swemmen" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%82ywanie" title="Pływanie – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pływanie" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nata%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Natação – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Natação" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nata%C8%9Bie" title="Natație – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Natație" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayt%27ay" title="Wayt'ay – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Wayt'ay" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Плавание человека – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Плавание человека" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/mingaduy" title="mingaduy – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="mingaduy" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱯᱟᱭᱨᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱯᱟᱭᱨᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_soummin" title="Human soummin – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Human soummin" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noti" title="Noti – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Noti" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natari" title="Natari – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Natari" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B8" title="පිහිනීම – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="පිහිනීම" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%AA%D9%8A" title="تيراڪي – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="تيراڪي" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1vanie" title="Plávanie – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Plávanie" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plavanje" title="Plavanje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Plavanje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%82ywanie" title="Pływanie – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Pływanie" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabaal" title="Dabaal – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Dabaal" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%95%D9%84%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86" title="مەلەکردن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مەلەکردن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5" title="Пливање – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Пливање" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plivanje" title="Plivanje – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Plivanje" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngojay" title="Ngojay – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Ngojay" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uinti" title="Uinti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Uinti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simning" title="Simning – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Simning" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="நீச்சல் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="நீச்சல்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardab" title="Ardab – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Ardab" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AF%E1%81%BA%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%81%BC%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%82%89" title="လုၺ်းၼမ်ႉ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="လုၺ်းၼမ်ႉ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%88%E0%B0%A4_(%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%82)" title="ఈత (వ్యాయామం) – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ఈత (వ్యాయామం)" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B3" title="การว่ายน้ำ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="การว่ายน้ำ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%BCzme" title="Yüzme – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Yüzme" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Плавання людини – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Плавання людини" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noar" title="Noar – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Noar" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C6%A1i" title="Bơi – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Bơi" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujomin%C3%B5" title="Ujominõ – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Ujominõ" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naiviaedje" title="Naiviaedje – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Naiviaedje" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3" title="游泳 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="游泳" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a 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class="noprint">From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9671799">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the scientific definition for swimming, see <a href="/wiki/Aquatic_locomotion" title="Aquatic locomotion">Aquatic locomotion</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barnbarn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/Brainerd_Boys_Swimming_And_Diving_Beats_Bemidji.webm/Brainerd_Boys_Swimming_And_Diving_Beats_Bemidji.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3ABrainerd_Boys_Swimming_And_Diving_Beats_Bemidji.webm&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>Brainerd Boys Swimming And Diving Beats Bemidji</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Swimming</b> is the movement of the body through water using <a href="/wiki/Arm" title="Arm">arms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leg" title="Leg">legs</a>. People can swim in the sea, swimming pools, rivers and lakes. People swim for <a href="/wiki/Exercise" class="mw-redirect" title="Exercise">exercise</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Fun" class="mw-redirect" title="Fun">fun</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as a sport. There are several styles of swimming, known as "strokes", including: <i><a href="/wiki/Front_crawl" title="Front crawl">front crawl</a></i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaststroke" class="extiw" title="w:Breaststroke">breaststroke</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Freestyle" title="Freestyle">freestyle</a></i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_stroke" class="extiw" title="w:Butterfly stroke">butterfly</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Backstroke" title="Backstroke">backstroke</a></i>. </p><p>Swimming works all the muscles simultaneously. It is impact free. It also builds up <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance" class="extiw" title="w:Endurance">stamina</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Styles_of_swimming">Styles of swimming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swimming&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Styles of swimming" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swimming&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Styles of swimming"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several styles in swimming. Some of them are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Front_crawl" title="Front crawl">Front crawl</a>: Fastest and most efficient technique; also called freestyle, because swimmers use it in freestyle events.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backstroke" title="Backstroke">Backstroke</a>: Only stroke that is swum on the back with the swimmer looking up; uses the same leg movements (flutter kick) as crawl.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaststroke" class="extiw" title="w:Breaststroke">Breaststroke</a>: One of the easiest and most relaxing strokes; competitive swimmers find it difficult because it uses more energy when swum at a fast pace.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_started_roke" class="extiw" title="w:Butterfly started roke">Butterfly</a>: Powerful and fast; relies on good technique; uses the dolphin kick; the hardest and least popular stroke.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitive_swimming">Competitive swimming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swimming&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Competitive swimming" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swimming&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Competitive swimming"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The goal of competitive swimming is to improve speed, and to beat other competitors in events. An athlete goes through several stages of training. At the beginning, the body is overloaded with work. The workload becomes less closer to the date of the competition. This final stage is often referred to as "shave and taper"; the swimmer tapering downs his or her workload to be able to perform at their optimal level. At the end of this stage, before competition, the swimmer shaves off all exposed hair and dead skin. Often confused within shaving, swimmers shave to rid the skin of dead skin cells to expose sensitive skin to the water. The effect of shaving is a decrease in drag from hair and an increase in the sensation of "feeling" the water. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swimming&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Equipment" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swimming&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Equipment"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometimes equipment is used when swimming, and can include: </p> <ul><li>Fins: rubber or plastic and are worn on the foot.</li> <li>Kickboard: keeps the upper body afloat; allows the swimmer to concentrate on kicking correctly</li> <li>Pull buoy: foam float that swimmers hold between their thighs to keep the lower body high and flat; helps 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