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Kai Taylor
Kai Taylor (born 18 August 2003) is an Australian swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal. Taylor is the son of Australian swimming Olympic medallist Hayley Lewis. Swimming career 2023 Australian Swimming Trials Taylor competed in 3 events at 2023 Australian Swimming Trials: the 50 metre, 100 metre and 200 metre freestyle. On Day 2, Taylor finished 9th in the heats of the 200 m freestyle in 1:48.37. Due to Kyle Chalmers' decision to withdraw from the final, Taylor swam in his place and went on to win the final from lane 8 in 1:46.25. On Day 4, Taylor qualified for the final of the 100 m freestyle in seventh place, then came fourth in the final in 48.60 s. On Day 6, Taylor finished 14th in the heats of the 50 m freestyle before winning the B final. At the end of the meet, it was announced that Taylor was selected in the team for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships to swim the 200 m free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Swimming
Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of World Aquatics, in which competitors are subject to only a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with and reaching , also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. The 1896 Summer Olympics, first Olympics Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics, held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympic Games, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl or freestyle was the first event that was introduced. Technique Freestyle swimming implies the use of legs and arms for competitive swimming, except in the case of the Individual Medley, individual medley or Medley relay (athletics), medley relay events. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
