asportscompetition,especiallyaswimmingrace, in which eachcompetitorcan use anystyleormethodtheychoose
（体育比赛的）自由式；（尤指）自由泳
Hewonthe 400metresfreestyle.他获得了400米自由泳比赛的冠军。
freestyle| American Dictionary
freestyle
noun[U]
us/ˈfriˌstɑɪl/
asportscompetition,esp. aswimmingrace, in which eachcompetitorcanchooseto use anystyleormethod, or astyleofswimmingin which youlieonyourfrontandmovefirst onearmthen the other overyourhead, whilekickingyourlegs
Imagine that our speakers were swimmers in an offshore current - some doingfreestyle, others the backstroke, some moving with the current, others moving against it.
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In swimming, the women gold medal winners of 1979 infreestyleand butterfly would have taken the men's gold medals just 10 years before.
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This swimming event usedfreestyleswimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events).
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Thisfreestylewrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.
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During the same year she also got a silver medal for 50 meterfreestyleand four gold ones (one of which was for medley).
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She also won the team gold and bronze medals in the 4100 mfreestylerelay and 4100 m medley relay events, respectively.
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She posted 6th in thefreestyleand 4th in the backstroke, but took bronze in the medley, her first medal of a major international event.
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There she competed in three events, the 200mfreestyle, 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley.
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There he entered three events, the 100mfreestyle, 100m breaststroke and the 200m individual medley, taking gold in all three.
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She mainly competes in the 200 mfreestyleand medley events.
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She also won the silver medal in the 4100-meterfreestylerelay and 4100-meter medley relay.
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He won the national titles in the 100 mfreestyle(19611963) and 4100 m medley (1960).
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He also finished 15th in the 200-meter individual medley and 17th in the 200-meterfreestyle.
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Two years later he competed in thefreestylejavelin event but his result is unknown.
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She won three gold medals and one silver in medley andfreestyleswimming.
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