Synchronised swimming

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IF A single Olympic event can claim to be the butt of the world’s humour it is synchronised swimming.

~*Synchronized swimming*~.

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I COULD not have looked more out of place at a bikers’ convention dressed as Danny La Rue. But, despite wearing board shorts and goggles that would have embarrassed Biggles, I was ready to try synchronised swimming with Great Britain’s Katie Skelton and Anya Tarasiuk.

Synchronized swimming is often mocked, and some even doubt it as a 'real' sport―those folks have obviously never tried it. It's a heck of a workout, and requires immense core strength and stamina. Why not give it a try?

Before it arrived at the Olympics, the game was a display of the carnival and vaudeville The vast majority consider synchronized swimming, which acquired Olympic status in 1984, as a newcomer sport that goes back just to the extent Esther Williams’ midce…