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Why don swimmers use the butterfly stroke in a freestyle event?

April 26, 2017butterfly event freestyle stroke swimmers

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Why don swimmers use the butterfly stroke in a freestyle event?

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Also in a medley relay each swimmer is required to swim one of four different strokes (back, breast, fly and free), so two swimmers swimming butterfly would result in a disqualification. This would not apply to a freestyle relay.