I would go even further to say that after years of competitive swimming, I literally never heard it called "front crawl" by anyone. Every coach, swimmer, heat s

I would go even further to say that after years of competitive swimming, I literally never heard it called "front crawl" by anyone. Every coach, swimmer, heat sheet, swimming record, etc...says freestyle. NPR calling freestyle "front crawl" would be like referring to Tuberculosis research as "the consumption."