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Competitive Swimming
People have been swimming since the Stone Age, but it wasn’t until the 1830’s in England when swimming became a competitive sport. This was a direct result from the creation of the first indoor artificial swimming pool in 1828. The Olympic Games adopted swimming in 1896 but were held in open water for the first four Olympics. In the 1908 Summer Olympics a 100m pool was built which marks the first artificial Olympic pool. Pools of 50m and 25m are more commonly used today and implement the use of electronic timing which has made the results of competitions significantly more accurate.
The objective of competitive swimming is to be the fastest to swim a particular length of water using a certain swimming style. Relay events and individual events are both available in competitive swimming. The rules and regulations of swimming are set out by the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). There are a few key rules that should be noted to avoid disqualification in competitive swimming. A false start will lead to immediate disqualification even when participating in a relay event and can be devastating to the team or individual. The other key rules are based on technique used in races. One common disqualification occurs in breaststroke and butterfly, where the swimmer is required to touch the wall simultaneously with both hands parallel for every turn and finish.
Competitive swimming can be considered endurance based and strength based, depending on the distance and stroke. 25m, 50m and even 100m freestyle can all be swum under a minute by the average competitive swimmer. This means that anaerobic respiration is most useful for sprinter type swimmers. On the other hand aerobic respiration is more beneficial for...

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Doping is a very big problem in road cycling and has been around for a long time. The earliest incidents of doping date back to 1886 which is only two decades after the first race. However, doping was not illegal until 1964 and is still constantly being revised. The biggest doping scandal (possibly in any sport) involved former 7 time Tour de France winner Neil Armstrong who was stripped of all his victories when he admitted to doping.
Combination with field of study
I would integrate Sport Science with Computer Science/Business by making a software application that is able to tell the user their approximate vo2max using the sub maximal tests. The application will ask you to select one of the submaximal tests and then would time you. Afterwards, it will be able to calculate your approximate vo2max using the data and equations for that test.

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