Aaron Gate is an Olympic bronze medallist and six-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. He won his first Olympic medal, a bronze in the Team Pursuit at the London 2012 Olympic Games. A decade later, at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Gate made history by winning four gold medals—more than any other New Zealander at a single Games. He claimed gold in the 4000m Individual Pursuit, 4000m Team Pursuit, Points Race, and the Road Race, and placed fourth in the Time Trial. His exceptional performance earned him the honour of being named Closing Ceremony flagbearer for the New Zealand Team.
At the Olympic Games, swimming events are held in a pool measuring 50 metres in length. The four strokes of Olympic swimming events—for both individual and relay races—are breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke and front crawl; the front crawl is predominantly used in freestyle races, and as such the term freestyle is often used as a synonym for front crawl.
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