Jezebel: synchronized swimming

Dancer In The Deep End

hortense — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:45:00 EDT

[Rome, July 25. Image via Getty.]

ROME - JULY 25: The China team compete in the women's Synchronised Swimming Team Free Final during the 13th FINA World Championships at the Stadio Pietrangeli on July 25, 2009 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Bubble, Bubble Toil & Trouble

Anna — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:10:00 EDT

[Rome, July 21. Image via Getty]

This underwater image shows Italy's Beatrice Adelizzi and Giulia Lapi competing during the synchronised technical duet final on July 21, 2009 at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome. Russians Anastasia Davydova and Svetlana Romashina claimed gold while Spain's Andrea Fuentes and Gemma Mengual won silver and China's Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen took bronze. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT ATTN EDITORS: PICTURE TAKEN WITH AN UNDERWATER CAMERA (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT/AFP/Getty Images)

Siren Call

Anna — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:10:00 EDT

[Rome, July 20. Image via Getty]

Canada's Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon competes to win bronze during the synchronised technical solo final on July 20, 2009 at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome. Russia's Natalia Ishchenko won gold while Spanish Gemma Mengual took silver and Canadian Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon got bronze. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU (Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Golden Girls: U.S. Synchronized Swimming Team

Margaret — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:50:00 EDT

[Image via Getty.]

USA's team competes in the synchronized swimming technical routine team event of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on August 22, 2008. (MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

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Golden Girls: Andrea Fuentes, Gemma Mengual

Anna — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:50:00 EDT

Spanish Andrea Fuentes and Gemma Mengual (R) perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine final event at the National Aquatics Center during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 20, 2008. Russians Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova won the Olympic synchronised swimming gold medal here ahead of Spain and Japan. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU (Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Golden Girls: Beatrice Adelizzi, Giulia Lapi

Margaret — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:50:00 EDT

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BEIJING - AUGUST 19: Beatrice Adelizzi and Giulia Lapi of Italy compete in the Synchronised Swimming Duet Free Routine Preliminary at the National Aquatics Center on Day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) — Getty

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Golden Girls: Nayara Figueira, Lara Teixeira

Anna — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:50:00 EDT

Nayara Figueira (upper) and Lara Teixeira of Brazil perform their technical routine during the duet synchronised swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 18, 2008. The Brazilian pair finished the technical routine in 12th place. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

Swimmers Swoon Simultaneously; Brady Bunches Are Bad For Offspring

maria — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:40:00 EDT

PR firm survey finds that people trust average-looking, well-mannered men the most. • Dorky shoes grow with kids' feet. • Three synchronized swimmers faint simultaneously while in pool practicing. • Testosterone for women will not increase sex drive. • Stereotypes can lead to success! Or, uh, failure. • Everyone can blame middle-school bullies for their adult social awkwardness. • Blended families with step- and half-siblings can cause bad behavior among the kiddies. • Black women have less trouble holding it in than white women. • Drunk Boston TV manager pulls a Naomi Campbell-slash-Alycia Lane at Logan Airport.

Esther "Bathing Beauty" Williams is not...

Jennifer — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:20:00 EST

Esther "Bathing Beauty" Williams is not only still alive, she's still swimming! The woman who made synchronized swimming oh-so-glamorous had Diane Sawyer over for a swim recently and said to her, "We're a couple of troopers, aren't we? We both stayed so pretty. Isn't that the best part?". Um, obvs. [ABC News]