The new book 'Swimming Pretty' traces an art form and a sport to its inception, back when women were discouraged from swimming for modesty's sake. Synchronized swimming is even more impressive ...

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 ...

At its core, synchronized swimming is an aquatic sport that blends the art of dance with the power and endurance of swimming. This fascinating mix offers a range of benefits for both your mental ...

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The discipline, formerly known as synchronized swimming, will allow up to two men on each eight-person team at the 2024 Games. ... This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only.

By the mid-1950s, there were—according to Sports Illustrated—roughly 25,000 practitioners of synchronized swimming in the U.S., and the sport had been accepted by FINA, the international ...

Officials hope rebranding synchronized swimming to artistic swimming will draw parallels to artistic gymnastics. Learn more about the sport’s history and name change.

Along with men's inclusivity in artistic swimming, the Games may also get four new sports – breaking, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing. 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris More ...

For 40 years, artistic swimming has been part of the Summer Olympics. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, it had the opportunity to look different than it ever had before at the world’s most prestigious ...

Artistic swimming, blending acrobatics with music, debuted at the 1984 Olympics. ... Men have competed for decades in the lower levels of the sport formerly known as synchronized swimming.

Meet three metro-area high school teams that excelled during the recently completed school year to earn distinction as Star Tribune All-Metro champion teams. They will be honored along with our ...