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 ...
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 ...
The Australian team practices before competing in the Open Team Free Final at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final Budapest 2024 this July. Credit - David Balogh—Getty Images In ...
Even amid a pandemic, Nikki Dzurko just kept swimming — and it took her beyond Ohio State’s waters. Dzurko, a junior from California who is a synchronized swimmer for Ohio State, is currently training ...
The Lake County YMCA does a lot more than give the community a clean and safe place to simply swim a few laps. Above or below water, there is an elite aquatics show going on, and the Central YMCA’s ...
Clad in black leggings, white ice skates and identical gray T-shirts, 18 girls glide over the ice. Groups of five hold hands and skate with one leg in the air, while others move in wheel-like motions ...
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 ...
FUKUOKA, Japan — 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 the ...
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 the last laugh.Men have ...
On the same day that synchronized swimming pioneer Joy Cushman died at 98, another pioneer in the sport also died. Dawn Bean, who along with Cushman were instrumental in the development of ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan, once an almost constant presence on the Olympic podium in synchronised swimming, are this year struggling to hang on to the team bronze they won in Rio 2016 after already ...
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, ...