MINNEAPOLIS -- Eight swimmers slipped below the surface of the water in unison. From the pool deck, the group looked like shadowy figures underwater. Down there in the deep end, the swimmers worked to ...

Najla Brannin knew her dream was to become an Olympic swimmer when she was six years old. “I needed something to do after school. I was at the pool and my mom saw they were having diving tryouts and ...

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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, ...

GLASGOW (Reuters) - Russia's familiar domination of the synchronized swimming program at the European Championships continued on Saturday as they won their third successive title in two days of ...

The scene is viewed from above: Eight women in white halter bathing suits and matching swim caps form geometric shapes in a pristine turquoise swimming pool. They cascade like dominoes on the diagonal ...

Marathon swimming or open water? Artistic swimming or synchronized? There’s a bit of aquatic confusion at the Olympics, where two of the disciplines are referred to by conflicting names. Officially, ...

In synchronized swimming (formally known as 'artistic swimming'), there are two routines that the teams must undertake to the rhythm of the music. The first is the technical routine, which includes ...