Examples of breaststroke in a Sentence

I'll be competing in the 50-meter breaststroke.

Recent Examples on the Web Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi took the first gold of the evening in the men’s 100 breaststroke, clocking a personal best of 58.26 seconds ahead of Dutch swimmer Arno Kamminga and American Nic Fink. — CiarÁn Fahey, ajc, 19 June 2022 Mustangs senior Grace Liu won the 50 breaststroke in 36.16. — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2022 Junior Will Scholtz won the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke and earned Most Outstanding Swimmer honors. — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 8 Feb. 2022 Trains with King and earned bronze medal, behind King’s silver, in 200 breaststroke at 2021 Olympics. — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2022 Lundgren, who swam in the meet as a freshman, ranks as the favorite in the girls 100-yard breaststroke with a chance to improve on her San Diego Section record (1:00.96) and challenge the state mark (59.66). — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2022 Kruger won the state title in the 100-yard breaststroke for the second straight year, swimming 1 minute, 1.34 seconds to win by 2.21 seconds. — James Weber, The Enquirer, 20 Feb. 2022 The Hoosiers closed the meet with two champions: Brearna Crawford, a freshman from New Zealand, with a time of 2:06.86 in the 200-yard breaststroke, and Gilliland on 10-meter platform. — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2022 Douglas’ boys relay team brought home gold in the 200-yard medley and Andy Tan won the 100-yard breaststroke. — oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2022 See More

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