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 ...

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 ...

It turns out that synchronized swimming -- often lumped with cheerleading, ballroom dancing and other activities as hobbies rather than sports -- is a lot harder than it looks. It takes flexibility, ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES Founded in 2008, the Aqualillies are a mix of old and new /*Hollywood*/. They are synchronized swimmers and dancers, using Southern California pools as their stage. "What inspires me is a ...

Introduction to Synchronized Swimming is one of many new programs offered this fall at the Blacksburg Aquatic Center, a part of the Town’s Parks and Recreation Department. Often thought of as “water ...

The morning is still and dull around the Clontarf Baths. The sky is porridge grey thanks to a curtain of mist hanging down so low you can barely make out the Poolbeg stacks across the water. There's a ...

A new session of synchronized swimming classes in Port Hope offers something for everyone. Like gymnastics in the water, swimmers develop strength, endurance, swimming skills and have fun.

Rachel Presser is a professional synchronized swimmer and 2021 olympian who lives a demanding lifestyle performing on Royal Caribbean’s Wonder Of The Seas cruise ship. Go deep into her daily routine ...