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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Synchronized swimming is no joke, according to members of the Schoolcraft College-based Michigan Synchro Masters. And don’t be swayed by the "Saturday Night Live" mid-1980s comedy skit about ...

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Snicker if you wish. Guffaw for good measure. Bill May and other male synchronized swimmers — now called artistic swimmers — have heard the putdowns before. But they’re getting ...

Houston-area swimmers Ella Wei and Mae Chen compete in a synchronized swimming meet. The 2019 South Zone Region C JO and Intermediate Championship Novice Invitational will be held May 11-12 in ...

I realize that I am funny to you. The fact that I spent more than 15 years donning sequined headpieces and swimsuits and forcing a smile while wearing noseclips and performing to the music of John ...

In late 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that at this summer’s Paris Olympic Games, men would be allowed to compete in artistic swimming (previously known as synchronized ...

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 Aquanauts of Clear Lake synchronized swimming team recently (May 4-5) competed in the Regional Synchronized Swimming Championships in Irving, Texas. This championship includes teams from all of ...