{"id":152437,"date":"2017-06-29T15:50:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T22:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=152437"},"modified":"2017-06-29T16:28:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T23:28:36","slug":"fina-ryan-lochtes-new-underwater-kicking-style-will-be-illegal-in-im-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-ryan-lochtes-new-underwater-kicking-style-will-be-illegal-in-im-races\/","title":{"rendered":"From The SW Archive – FINA: Ryan Lochte\u2019s New Underwater Kicking Style Will Be Illegal In IM Races"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the recent IM disqualifications at USA Swimming Nationals, Swimming World revisited the origin of the Lochte Rule. This article was first printed August 27, 2015. FINA went on to make an official ruling.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ryan Lochte<\/strong> won the 200 IM at the recent world championships in Kazan recently, thanks in no small part to his new style of kicking underwater for freestyle. In the race, Lochte kicked on his back for about 10 meters before rolling onto his stomach and swimming freestyle for the remaining 40 meters of the last leg of the race. Many had believed this violated FINA rules, though Lochte was never disqualified for the alleged infraction.<\/p>\n

200 IM final footage (underwater view begins at 2:06):<\/strong><\/p>\n