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 ...

From NPR News, this is WEEKEND EDITION. I'm Ari Shapiro. As part of NPR's series on American athletes preparing for the Summer Olympics, we're going to take a look at synchronized swimming. This sport ...

The USA's synchronized swimming team is pulling out all the stops as it looks to medal in artistic swimming at the 2024 Olympics. That includes breaking out an underwater rendition of a dance move ...

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 ...

The sounds of water lapping echo off the walls of the Weinstein Recreation Center. It’s mixed with the pounding verses of ...

Prior to my synchronized-­swimming lesson, I’d imagined something serene: delicate flapping of arms, elegant surface glides, a single leg raised in the air. Then I hopped into the pool at the Silver ...

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, located some 50 miles north of Tampa, Florida, is best known for its mermaids. Since 1947, synchronized swimmers in shimmering tails have performed for audiences in ...