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 ...

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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Russian artistic swimmer has gone viral thanks to her elaborate underwater dances. Kristina Makushenko, 26, first took ...

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 ...

It's a swimming competition not about speed but about artistry, control, balance and the ability to hold your breath underwater for a long time. Artistic swimming is the figure skating of the Summer ...

For Olympic viewers hoping to catch synchronized swimming in Tokyo, they may have a hard time finding it. That's because it's now called artistic swimming. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you ...

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 ...

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, ...