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 perfect unison ...

You may have noticed an event at the 2024 Paris Olympics that looks just like synchronized swimming, with gaggles of swimmers in matching suits performing the same move in unison -- but its not. Not ...

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 ...

China captured its first-ever Olympic gold medal in the artistic swimming team event at the Paris Games on Wednesday. The Chinese team entered the day with a commanding lead of almost 70 points after ...

For 40 years, artistic swimming has been part of the Summer Olympics. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, it had the opportunity to look different than it ever had before at the world’s most prestigious ...

It might be one of the more unconventional Olympic sports, but artistic swimming (formerly synchronized swimming) is making headlines, specifically with Team USA’s recent performance. The ladies ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games head to our latest updates. SAINT-DENIS, France — Let’s get one thing straight: There’s so much more to artistic ...

With longtime powerhouse Russia not competing in Paris, the United States and China are the leaders going into the team final at the 2024 Olympics Wednesday for the sport once known as synchronized ...

From eerie fairytale inspired routines to over the top outfits and makeup, TIME presents the best pictures of the glamorous yet misunderstood sport of synchronized swimming at the 2012 London Olympics ...

While I, as an amateur powerlifter, can maaaybe picture myself on an Olympic weightlifting platform when I’m feeling particularly delulu, there are some events I know I’d never succeed in at the Games ...

MOSCOW, August 19 /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Russian synchronized swimmers Natalya Ishchenko, Svetlana Romashina, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Alexandra Patskevich, Yelena ...

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 ...