Artistic Swimming

From 12th to 20th July, the Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju will host the artistic swimming events at the 2019 FINA World Championships.
There are no fewer than 10 gold medals at stake in Korea compared to two at the Olympic Games.
The duet and the team will be contested at

Svetlana Romashina (L) and Svetlana Kolesnichenko compete in the duet technical at the 2019 World Series event in Tokyo

All you need to know about Artistic Swimming at the 2019 World Championships

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Anastasiya SAVCHUK

Anastasiya

Artistic swimming, known as synchronised swimming until 2017, has been on the Olympic programme since the Los Angeles 1984 Games. Along with rhythmic gymnastics, it is one of two women-only sports at the Olympic Games. And at Tokyo 2020, the stars of the sport wowed us once more.
Swimmers representing

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 02: Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina of Team ROC compete in the Artistic Swimming Duet Free Routine Preliminary on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on August 02, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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What we learned: Artistic swimming wrap-up from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Twenty-one-time world champion Svetlana Romashina is now a six-time Olympic champion as she won gold with new partner Svetlana Kolesnichenko in artistic swimming's duet discipline. The ROC pair scored a massive total of 195.9079, a combination of their technical score and their spider-inspired free routine.
That makes the mother-of-one the

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 04: Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina of Team ROC compete in the Artistic Swimming Duet Free Routine Final on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on August 04, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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ROC’s Romashina wins history-making sixth Olympic gold medal in artistic swimming

What’s happening?
Day three of the artistic swimming competition sees the duet free routine final.
Who should I expect to see?
The ROC are always the ones to watch come artistic swimming, their swimmers winning nine out of 10 gold medals at the 2019 World Championships.
Five-time Olympic and 21-time

Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina of Russia compete in the Synchronised Swimming Duets Free Routine final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

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All you need to know about Artistic Swimming at the 2019 World Championships

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