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 ...

When I was a small child, my mother often brought me along when she taught physical education at a small women’s college, run by nuns who were happy to have a young married woman to handle fencing ...

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 ...

In the early 20th century, most Western women still bound their cores in corsets. Not so with Annette Kellerman, the record-setting Australian swimmer who told a crowd of New York City socialites in ...

One of the most wow-worthy moments of the Olympic Games in Paris came during one of Team USA Artistic Swimming's performance. During the team technical routine round, Team USA artistic swimming ...

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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 ...

WASHINGTON — When you think of Olympic sports, what comes to mind? The thrilling sprint of a 100-meter dash? The grueling endurance of the marathon? Or perhaps the tough competition of the decathlon?

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, ...