Converse of object

• swim: The first painting I remember making was of a Hawaiian lady swimming the backstroke under a palm tree.

• win: World champion Katy Sexton won the 200m backstroke, ahead of Loughborough's Karen Lee.

• do: I like doing the backstroke as well because if I stop I just float in the water.

• pull: It is easy to fall into the trap of calling the calls when you are yourself just pulling the backstroke.

• ring: Quite soon you will have the learner ringing the backstrokes independently.

• place: It isn't; it's just as important to place the backstroke as it is the handstroke.

Preposition: at

• championship: Otto retired after finishing first over 100m backstroke and third over 200m backstroke at the 1989 European championships.

Adjective modifier

• 200m: Earlier in the day Gregor Tait won Scotland's third gold medal in the 200m backstroke.

• 100m: Britain's Gregor Tait celebrated his 25th birthday in style on 20 April by winning gold in the men's 100m backstroke.

• 50m: She set her first British record in 1997 in the 50m backstroke.

• lifesaving: Aim: To advance swimming techniques and to introduce a wider range of water skills, including sidestroke and lifesaving backstroke.

Modifies a noun

• title: Double Commonwealth Games Gold medallist Price was the first to strike as she took the women's 200m backstroke title.

• event: Liz and David both won gold in their 50m backstroke events, and Adrian finishing in 4th position.

• lead: Lead Head - the first row of a lead, usually the Treble's backstroke lead.

• record: In 2001, she set a 200m backstroke world record.

• gold: It was not all bad news for the Americans, however, as Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol both won 100m backstroke gold.

• champion: On the extreme right is Jack Patton who was a backstroke champion.

Noun used with modifier

• meter: The British women in the 200 meters backstroke will also get a second chance.

Possessives

• man: Britain's Gregor Tait celebrated his 25th birthday in style on 20 April by winning gold in the men's 100m backstroke.

• woman: The women's 200 meters backstroke final will now be tonight, the semi-finals of the 200m free this morning.