Swimming

Drowning is a big problem, not only in New Zealand, but in many other countries as well. Around 150 - 180 people in  N.Z die every year because of drowning. This is caused by not knowing how to swim, and let alone  float.

To ensure that none of the class 1 students will end up being part of the N.Z statistics, Class 1 went swimming at the Glen Innes Aquatic Centre. I was looking forward for swimming but unfortunately, I couldn't swim till the next day.

As soon as the sliding doors opened to the pools, my nose got attacked by a powerful smell. “It smells like the pools, like chlorine,” accidentally saying out loud. I quickly protected my nose from the weird smelling scent. But at the same time I was happy that I had a chance of ending my possibilities of drowning.

I hope that these past two weeks of swimming has helped, not only myself but the rest of class 1 when they are in bad situations in and around water. Now I can be sure that no class 1 students will be part of the N.Z drowning statistics.   

Medley Swimming Relay

One very interesting sport involved in the Olympics is the Medley Relay. Swimming and only swimming is involved. Four different sports for four different people, is what constitutes this exciting event.

They start off with backstroke because you can not dive in for it, it is then followed by breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle, in that order. The contestants each have to swim a 50 meter pool twice, which adds up to a total of 100 meters.

During the swimmers games, they wear a new brand of swimsuit called Jons. It is so slippery that you just glide through the and people say it is smoother than human skin. After wearing it 15 times, the swimsuit wears out.

A skill swimmers need is to be able to keep floating and to swim very fast. One way they can do this, is by training 6-9 hours 7 days a week, get enough water, food and exercise. They need to also be very strong, physically and mentally.  

I think this sport is a very interesting sport that should be able to be in the olympics for many many more years.