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 ...

Synchronized swimming is a great way to boost your cardiovascular health. The aerobic nature of the sport gets your heart ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marathon swimming or open water? Artistic swimming or synchronized? There’s a bit of aquatic confusion at the Olympics, where two of the disciplines are referred to by conflicting names. Officially, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The nation’s longest running synchronized swim club is at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. The nation’s longest running synchronized swim club is at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. Dive under ...

Sarah C. Johns of St. Paul, author of the novel "The Sirens of Soleil City." CATHY WURZER: Well, coming of age stories, I love them. They're great. But what about a beach read with those whose main ...