Why do we feel lighter when we swim?

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Solution

When a body is immersed in a liquid an upward force called buoyant force acts on the body which tends to reduce the weight of the object.
Hence, we feel lighter when we swim, due to buoyancy upward force which is acting on our body by water.

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