Editing Backstroke (section)

{{Short description|Swimming style in which one swims on one's back}}
{{About|the swimming style|the typographical mark|Backslash}}
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[[File:Gordan Kozulj Croatia backstroke EC.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Gordan Kožulj]] swimming backstroke/ চিৎ সাঁতার at [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Euros]]]] 
'''Backstroke''' or '''back crawl''' is one of the four<!--Freestyle is NOT an official style, but rather "ANY" style! Hence, there are only THREE official styles! --> [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] styles used in competitive events regulated by [[FINA]], and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It also has a different start from the other three competition swimming styles. The swimming style is similar to an ''upside down'' [[front crawl]] or freestyle. Both backstroke and front crawl are long-axis strokes. In individual medley backstroke is the second style swum; in the medley relay it is the first style swum.