Swimming in certain positions relative to other swimmers can offer an advantage Shutterstock/Jacob Lund
Swimming with other swimmers can be more efficient than swimming alone. Swimmers in open waters, like in marathon swimming events at the Olympic games, can dramatically reduce drag between themselves and the water by assuming just the right position relative to the other swimmers.
Birds can fly further when in formation, the endurance of many fish increases when they swim in schools and some cyclists save energy when they cycle in groups. at École des Ponts ParisTech in France and his colleagues examined…
