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 ...

Frithjof Seidel has ended his unique national team career as a man in women-dominated synchronized swimming. "I have reached a certain age and want to focus on other aspects in my life, as much as I ...

The ladies in red swimwear and caps, creating waves in the water, are the Pirouettes of Texas, a highly decorated club in North Texas for competitive artistic swimming. For years, synchronized ...

KLRN Specials Swimming Against the Current Special | 56m 47s | CC A documentary on the Harlem Honeys and Bears Swim Team, a group of active seniors who created a synchronized swim team that keeps ...

Prior to my synchronized-­swimming lesson, I’d imagined something serene: delicate flapping of arms, elegant surface glides, a single leg raised in the air. Then I hopped into the pool at the Silver ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

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 ...

Temperatures are on the rise again around Southern California, which makes the possibility of a pool, and time spent in a beautiful blue expanse, especially appealing. Stream Los Angeles News for free ...

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 ...

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