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 ...

China's team perform in the synchronised swimming teams free routine final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre August 10, 2012. [Photo/Agencies] China's team perform in the ...

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 ...

Olympics viewers may have noticed that synchronized swimming goes by another name these days: artistic swimming. The moniker made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games in 2021, nearly 40 years ...

It is finally time for synchronized swimming and I am LIVING. I must be Phil Collins because I've been waiting for this moment for all my life. And also because I'm trying to become rich and famous ...

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 ...

If you’re anything like us, watching the Summer Olympics involves a lot of staring at the screen with your jaw dropped in awe. But it’s not just the daring backflips and the lightning-fast swim times ...