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The Greeks did not include swimming in the ancientOlympic Games.They practiced swimming as a sport andbuilt swimming pools for bathing and exercising.In Japan,swimming was treated as one of the noble skills of becoming a Samurai.In Europe,swimming with armor was considered to be one of the sevenagilities of knighthood during the Middle Ages.However,swimming wasopposed by the church at the end of the Middle Ages and became lesspopular as society became more and more conservative.
The Greeks did not include swimming in the ancientOlympic Games.They practiced swimming as a sport andbuilt swimming pools for bathing and exercising.In Japan, swimming was treated as one of the noble skills of becoming a Samurai.In Europe, swimming with armor was considered to be one of the sevenagilities of knighthood during the Middle Ages.However, swimming wasopposed by the church at the end of the Middle Ages and became lesspopular as society became more and more conservative.