Synchronized Swimming

44-Year-Old Bill May Becomes First American Man to Win Artistic Team Medal at Worlds

44-year-old Bill May (pictured right) became the first American man to capture a team artistic swimming medal at Worlds on Monday.

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Spain Wins Third Artistic Swimming Gold, Tops European Championships Medal Table

The fifth and final day of artistic swimming at the III European Games saw Spain take its third gold of the competition in the Team Free Final.

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Italy, Austria Claim First Golds of 2023 Artistic Swimming European Championships

Giorgio Minisini and Lucrezia Ruggiero claimed gold for Italy in the Mixed Duet Technical at the European Games.

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Artistic Swimming European Championships Kick Off In Oświęcim, Poland

Anna-Maria and Eirini Marina Alexandri of Austria topped the podium in the Duet Free Final.

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Artistic Swimmers to Battle For Olympic Spot At European Games

The 2023 European Games will have one qualifying spot on the line for Paris in the duet event, as the pair with the highest combined score will qualify.

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Gábor Szauder Out As Canada Artistic Swimming National Team Head Coach

Szauder, who has been the team’s high performance coach since 2019, was named in a lawsuit filed by former athletes in 2021.

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Mexican Artistic Swimming Team Wins Lawsuit To Get Scholarships Reinstated

The team won a lawsuit over CONADE that will see its scholarships reinstated after funding cuts put many of the country’s aquatic athletes in limbo.

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How Does Swimming Stack Up? Competing Against Other Sports On Social Media

London-based company Redtorch has ranked the Olympic sports in terms of social media engagement, with World Aquatics ranking seventh out of 40 federations.

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Great Britain Names 12 To Artistic Swimming Team For 2023 European Games

The contingent features a mixture of those with international and Olympic experience and those who are making their major international debuts at the Games

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Spain’s Ona Carbonell Retires from Synchro Swimming with 23 World Championship Medals

Spanish artistic swimmer Ona Carbonell, a 2012 Olympic silver medalist and 2009 World Champion, has medaled at seven consecutive World Championships.

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Ukrainian Artistic Swimmers Question Policy of Boycotting Events with Russians

“…it’s stupid that they can go — but they kill people — and we didn’t do anything and we can’t go,” Ukrainian Olympic medalist Vladyslava Aleksiiva said.

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USA Artistic Swimming Announces Transgender Policy With No Restrictions

Athletes of all gender identities will have the choice to participate in the category which they feel most closely aligns with their gender identity.

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Anita Alvarez, Synchro Swimmer Who Blacked Out at Worlds, Returns to Competition

American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez returned to competition in March, just nine months after passing out and sinking to the bottom…

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LEN Announces Hosts For Three European Junior Events In 2023

Funchal, Portugal, Rijeka, Croatia and Corfu, Greece will join the elite circle of the 2023 host cities for LEN events.

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Ohio State Wins Second Consecutive National Synchro Title

The Buckeyes earned two routine titles, an A Figures title and four second-place finishes to collect 95 total points and edge out Stanford by three.

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