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How Do Artistic Swimmers Hear Music Underwater?
One of the first questions people ask when I tell them I do artistic swimming is, “Wait… how can you hear the music underwater?” It’s a fair question. When you watch an artistic swimming routine, the swimmers may spend a surprising amount of time underwater while moving perfectly in sync with the music. From…
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The Ultimate Noseclip Guide
Image: Tiktok @nikkidzurko Most people know that artistic swimmers wear noseclips to keep water out of their noses while swimming upside down. What many people don’t know is that there is a surprisingly large world of noseclips beyond the basic plastic ones you might find at your local sporting goods store. In artistic swimming,…
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Why Artistic Swimmers Use Gelatin In Their Hair (and why hairspray doesn’t stand a chance)
📷 Two swimmers move in perfect sync, matching shapes and timing at the surface. The strongest hair product in artistic swimming isn’t found in a beauty aisle. It’s found in your kitchen. At 5:30 a.m., before any music plays, the locker rooms reek of meaty, slightly sweet cooking gelatin, specifically, unflavored Knox gelatin. Cups…
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New Rules in Artistic Swimming
Introduction Artistic swimming is an incredibly beautiful sport, but if you’ve seen any videos, you may have noticed a significant change in the last few years. The structure of routines has shifted. Routines still feature showstopping choreography and amazingly fluid transitions, but all the teams seem to execute near-identical moves as soon as they…