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SWIMMING Flashcards

1
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Swimming is believed to have started as early as

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Stone age

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2
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Swimming became a sport only in what century in Great Britain?

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19th century

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3
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(Country) started swimming competition

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Great Britain

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4
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Prehistoric people swam to cross rivers and lakes to be able to move about on the surface of the earth. These paintings are found in a cave in Egypt and _?

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Greece

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5
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Swimming freestyle is swim by__ (or The front crawl or freestyle was introduced in 1873 by ___.)

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John Trudgen

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6
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1900 swimming was held in (or 1900 water polo was added in the Olympics, where?)

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Paris, France

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7
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Swimming was included in __ olympics. [or Swimming was included in Greece Olympics -The first gold medal was won by Hungary’s Alfred Hajos (100 meter and 1200 meter freestyle)

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1896

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8
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1992 Olympics (or In 1972, this person broke all records in the history of swimming, gathering a total of 7 gold medals.)

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Mark Fitz

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9
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Highest governing body in swimming.

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FINA

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10
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This person won 16 gold medals in the 2016 olympics. (or This person won 16 Olympic gold medals. He won 6 gold and 2 bronze medals in the 2004 Athens olympics. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he won 8 gold medals.)

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Michael Phelps

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11
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Beat Michael Phelps in butterfly.

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Joseph Isaac Schooling

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12
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Standard length of the Olympic pool.

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50 meters

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13
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Standard width of the Olympic pool

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25 meters

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14
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Name of first Filipino emerged as an outstanding swimmer

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Conrado Benitezq

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15
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First swimming pool constructed was at___.

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Fort Mckinley

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16
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In 1913, first Far Eastern games was held in

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Manila, Philippines

17
Q

Military men introduces competitive swimming

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American

18
Q

It is an indigenous Filipino martial arts and sports characterized by the use of swinging and twirling movements.

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Arnis

19
Q

Defeated spanish stroke (or Forefather defeated ferdinand magellan)

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1521

20
Q

Developed by indigenous…

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Filipino

21
Q

Arnis were kept and preserve by eyes of colinizer; thus, other term was used such as eskrima, ,garrote, and__.

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Kali

22
Q

Arnis is primarily used for what skill using bladed weapon

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Self defense

23
Q

An explorer chronicler who narrated the battle of Mactan.

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Antonio Pigafetta

24
Q

The Filipino national martial arts is called

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Modern Arnis

25
Q

Arnis has been recognized and declared as our national martial arts sport by President ___?

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President Gloria Macapagal

26
Q

Form of Salutation

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Pugay or Courtesy

27
Q

Founder of Modern Arnis

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Mr. Remy Amador Presas

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