Finswimming: A Contemporary Water Sport to Discover in Malaysia
Finswimming is a speed competition sport practiced at the surface or underwater for a specified distance introduced in 1981 in the World Games. In this game, athletes compete with equipment such as masks, front-mounted snorkels, and fins (bifins or monofins) either by holding breath, breathing tube (snorkel), or using a pressurised tank for breathing lung regulator. Lower limbs are used for propulsion and the body’s vertical displacement in monofins. Meanwhile, in bifins, crawl swimming on breast’s skill is used.