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?

~*Synchronized swimming*~.

The team of Ukraine compete during the Synchronised Swimming Teams Technical Routine at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre on Day 13 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on on August 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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

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.

14th FINA World Synchronised Swimming by Ezra Shaw.

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