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 ...

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 ...

In “Swimming Pretty,” Vicki Valosik connects the evolution of an unlikely sport with the century-long struggle of women to be taken seriously in the water. By Jennifer Schuessler Jennifer Schuessler ...

Synchro Stingrays, an open water synchronised swimming troupe who perform across the three counties have secured a new ...

In a story in this week’s magazine, available to TIME subscribers, we explore the financial challenges facing athletes in low-revenue Olympic sports like synchronized swimming. The U.S. is one of the ...

When the United States won silver in team artistic swimming Aug. 7 in Paris for just its third Olympic medal, it was cause for celebration in the synchronized swimming community. It was also an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kristina Makushenko, a retired four-time world champion in synchronized swimming, performed Rachael Gunn’s viral breakdance routine from the 2024 Paris Olympics — while under water and wearing high ...

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Imagine yourself dancing the tango, for four minutes, in a three-metre deep pool, in full make-up and in perfect time with seven others. Upside down, without ever touching ...

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, ...