Artistic swimming—formerly known as synchronized swimming—is a wild and wonderful Olympic sport. It’s absolutely grueling for the athletes; they are expected to twist, flip, and kick in ...

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When swimmers from around the world dive off of blocks into the pool at Paris’ Aquatics Centre beginning on July 27 and into the Seine River on August 8 and 9, they’ll be competing in suits ...

It's not just swimming—it's a choreographed aquatic ballet that will have you dreaming of glittering costumes and underwater spins long after the splash settles.

Men have competed in artistic swimming, also called synchronized swimming or synchro, at the lower levels for years. The sport made its Olympic debut in 1984 and, while it had been open only to ...

One of the most exciting swimming nights of these Olympics is in the books after Wednesday night’s record-setting races. The evening saw a new world record, multiple new Olympic records set, an ...

Under new regulations, men were to be allowed to compete in artistic swimming for the first time this year at the Olympic level. (They’ve been able to participate at the World Championships and ...

Here are some of the other artistic swimming costumes from the 2024 Paris Olympics that we’ve loved so far. Canada, Round 2 Oscar J Barroso/Europa Press via Getty Images ...

Amin Mohammad Jamali/Getty Images. Artistic swimming—formerly known as synchronized swimming—is a wild and wonderful Olympic sport. It’s absolutely grueling for the athletes; they are expected to ...