What does it take to be a U.S. Olympic artistic swimmer? At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, dance lessons, mastery of the eggbeater, flamingo, scull and rocket ...

When I was a small child, my mother often brought me along when she taught physical education at a small women’s college, run by nuns who were happy to have a young married woman to handle fencing ...

The Paris Olympics stoked fervor for sports that aren’t always familiar. If you watched the games and thought you might want to try pommel horse, breaking, or synchronized swimming, here’s how you can ...

Prior to my synchronized-­swimming lesson, I’d imagined something serene: delicate flapping of arms, elegant surface glides, a single leg raised in the air. Then I hopped into the pool at the Silver ...

Artistic swimming returns to Paris with a revamped scoring system and defending gold medalists. Artistic swimming, known for its fusion of water acrobatics and music, first made waves decades ago.

Two members of the U.S. artistic swim team that won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics Wednesday got their start in what was formerly known as synchronized swimming with Seattle Synchro. The ...

If you, a die hard Olympics nerd [enthusiastically thrusts hand into air], have been feverishly sifting through your TV guide in search of synchronized swimming these past few weeks with no success, ...

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The DMPS board approved plans to upgrade Roosevelt High’s natatorium as the Sharks synchronized swim team prepares to ...

The sport, formerly known as synchronized swimming, has a new name as well as more muscular athletes and more risky tricks. At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, ...