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 ...
From NPR News, this is WEEKEND EDITION. I'm Ari Shapiro. As part of NPR's series on American athletes preparing for the Summer Olympics, we're going to take a look at synchronized swimming. This sport ...
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 ...
The Australian team practices before competing in the Open Team Free Final at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final Budapest 2024 this July. Credit - David Balogh—Getty Images In ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica — Port Antonio is known for its water. It is home to the Blue Lagoon, a placid pool fed by the Caribbean Sea that is surrounded by waterfalls, a lush green jungle and a string of ...