Sunday, 6 July 2014

Europeans traditionally swam the breaststroke, while Native Americans swam…

Europeans traditionally swam the breaststroke, while Native Americans swam the front crawl. When two Native Americans won an 1844 swimming competition in England, newspapers criticized their barbaric, “un-European” form. Europeans refused to use the faster front crawl for decades.






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