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Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA). [1] It has traditionally been a women's sport, although FINA introduced a new mixed ...
Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, screenwriter and producer. Carvey is best known for his seven seasons on Saturday Night Live , from 1986 to 1993, which earned him five consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
The Women's team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center from 14 to 16 August. Eight teams competed, each consisting of eight swimmers (from a total team of nine swimmers). There was a single round of competition. Each team presents two routines: a technical routine and a free ...
The new book 'Swimming Pretty' traces an art form and a sport to its inception, back when women were discouraged from swimming for modesty's sake. Synchronized swimming is even more impressive ...
Synchronized swimming is one of those incredibly niche sports you almost forget is real. Almost as if its entire existence is being parodied in movies and television. In reality, the sport is very ...
The Women's duet event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center from 14 to 16 August. The preliminary phase consisted of a free routine, then a technical routine with required elements. The scores from the two routines were added together and the top twelve duets qualified for the final.
t. e. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, two events in synchronized swimming were contested, both for women only. Two gold medals were awarded in solo synchronized swimming after a judge inadvertently entered the score of "8.7" instead of the intended "9.7" in the computerized scoring system for one of Sylvie Fréchette 's figures.
Anita Alvarez and Mariya Koroleva, representatives of the U.S. Olympic synchronized swimming team, recently spilled their beauty secrets to Vogue magazine.