From eerie fairytale inspired routines to over the top outfits and makeup, TIME presents the best pictures of the glamorous yet misunderstood sport of synchronized swimming at the 2012 London Olympics ...

For Olympic viewers hoping to catch synchronized swimming in Tokyo, they may have a hard time finding it. That’s because it’s now called artistic swimming. Long known as synchronized swimming, the ...

The Paris Olympics stoked fervor for sports that aren’t always familiar. If you watched the games and thought you might want to try pommel horse, breaking, or synchronized swimming, here’s how you can ...

When the United States won silver in team artistic swimming Aug. 7 in Paris for just its third Olympic medal, it was cause for celebration in the synchronized swimming community. It was also an ...

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 ...