then called synchronised swimming, as a 10-year-old boy", said the paper, and has gone on to became a "towering figure" in the sport as well as a "passionate advocate" for the inclusion of men.

Men have competed in synchro at the lower ... it’s the most difficult sport in the world.” This is not the synchronized swimming that your parents or grandparents watched — the water ballet ...

Men will also be allowed to compete in artistic ... Artistic swimming was long referred to as synchronized swimming until after the 2016 Rio Olympics, when the international governing body ...

Journalist Vicki Valosik, herself a master synchronized swimmer ... As Valosik points out, for a long time it seemed swimming was for men; women would have to be content with bathing.

Above or below water, there is an elite aquatics show going on, and the Central YMCA’s Cygnets Synchronized Swimming Team is the star, going well beyond an orchestrated dip in the pool.

Columbus is already looking toward the future as it tries to extend the legacy of synchronized swimming in Central Ohio. NBC4's Whitney Harding reports. For the first time since the Beijing ...