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 Mary Black started synchronised swimming almost 90 years ago it was a world away the sport of today. There were no acrobatics, no sequined costumes and no music. It wasn't even a recognised sport ...

Of all the mysteries of synchronised swimming (otherwise known as “artistic swimming”), there’s one that plagues us. Sure, years of training help them move through the water weightlessly, and miracles ...

Germany's leading synchronised swimmer Klara Bleyer is not happy that the team had to rely on donations to make it to the upcoming world championships in Singapore. Government funds were not enough to ...

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's synchronised swimmers can keep their nose pegs and sparkly costumes but will be banned from having brightly decorated fingernails or dying their hair. Japanese officials have ...

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, ...

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, ...