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backstroke
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backstroke
1. Swimming
a. a stroke performed on the back, using backward circular strokes of each arm and flipper movements of the feet
b. (as modifier): the backstroke champion
2. Chiefly US a backhanded stroke
3. Bell-ringing the upward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings back and forth


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Backstroker Proud enjoyed a highlysuccessful junior career but appeared to struggle to make the transition to senior ranks.
GB team a blend of youth and experience; SWIMMING by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Fellow backstroker Liam Tancock had high hopes in the men's event, but finished in a tie for fourth place.
Spofforth sets world record to claim gold in fingertip finish by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
She thus became the first Briton since Katy Sexton - also a Portsmouth Northsea backstroker - and James Gibson to claim world gold since their victories in Barcelona in 2003.
Victory was for my late Mum: Gemma by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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