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 “Swimming Pretty,” Vicki Valosik connects the evolution of an unlikely sport with the century-long struggle of women to be taken seriously in the water. By Jennifer Schuessler Jennifer Schuessler ...

At its core, synchronized swimming is an aquatic sport that blends the art of dance with the power and endurance of swimming. This fascinating mix offers a range of benefits for both your mental ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — It may have been heartbreak, a failure by the slimmest of margins, which made all the difference. The U.S. team in artistic swimming — what used to be known as synchronized ...

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, ...

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 ...

If Bill May makes the U.S. Olympic team, he will become the first man ever to compete in artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, at the Games. Bill May and U.S. Olympic artistic ...

In late 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that at this summer’s Paris Olympic Games, men would be allowed to compete in artistic swimming (previously known as synchronized ...