Swimming in the 1800's to now

Swimming in the 1800's to Now 

Have you ever felt the cool feeling seconds after you jump of the block, and your head touches the water.You start to kick as hard as you possibly can when you realize that this is the moment between victory and failure? Not every one does, but the ones who do are competitive swimmers.  Swimming  first started around 1830 in Britain, usually only with the famously slow stroke, breast stroke.  See it used to only be one stroke, not all that complicated.
    Later in 1896, the very first Olympics was held in Athens and swimming was one of the first sports to be added to this legendary competition. Back then in the late 19th century, competitive swimmers had to swim the whole race without gogles, or swim caps. Those swimmers had to wear long, almost full body suits, instead of the modern day swimsuits we have now.

   Then, Suddenly, everything changed. The first few years of the 1970's goggles and fabric swim caps were created. Finally in 2010 women were allowed to wear modern swimsuits as well as men. That brings us up to date in swimwear and setting, but what about the famous swimmers of the past?
  Right now(in the 21th century) the most famous people in our time are Katie Ledecky and the American legend Micheal Phelps. Back to the very first Olympics, you were probably wondering who one in Athens all those years( centuries ) ago. Well the very first gold medalist in swimming was a man named Alfred Hajos another Olympian was named Duke Kahanamoku. Both of these medalists brought home gold to their countries. So there you have it. From past, to present, swimming through the ages.