Aquatics

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Aquatics is a term for water sports which involve swimming and/or diving. 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 synchronised swimming.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Sports
* 1.1 Swimming
* 1.2 Water polo
* 1.3 Diving
* 1.4 Open water
* 1.5 Synchronised swimming
* 2 Notes

## Sports[edit]

### Swimming[edit]

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[edit]

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

### Diving[edit]

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 synchronised
* 10 meter platform synchronised

### Open water[edit]

### Synchronised swimming[edit]

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ Official FINA Website