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Synchronized swimming is one of the most graceful and complex water sports out there. It requires strength, agility, and a knack for holding your breath while performing elaborate moves underwater.

Do you have the endurance, flexibility, and precise timing to be a synchronized swimmer? Browse this gallery and discover those who do!

▲Team USA compete in the women's technical synchronized swimming preliminaries during the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona.

▲The Chinese synchronized swimming team is all smiles at the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London.

▲Team Greece finding it a stretch during the team free routine event at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens.

▲Team Canada perform athletic moves in the team free routine final at the Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualifications Tournament in Beijing.

▲Members of China's team making waves during the team free routine final at the World Championships in Rome.

▲Miya Tachibana and Miho Takeda of Japan in action during a synchronized swimming duet free routine final in Sydney.

▲Team France legging it during their team free routine qualification at the European Games in Baku.

▲Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen of China perform their free duet routine at the Asian Games in Doha.

▲The synchronized swimming team from Russia during the team free final at the XI FINA World Championships in Montreal.

▲Members of Team Italy in an inverted pose at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan.

▲The Netherlands' Rosanne Klein Geltink concentrates during her synchronized solo technical routine at the European Swimming Championships in Eindhoven.

▲Ukraine's Anna Voloshina appears to meet a wall of water as she takes part in the solo free routine preliminaries during the European Swimming Championships in Berlin.

▲Team Japan's synchronized swimmers cluster together like a colorful sea anemone at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

▲A member of Team Britain leaps out of the pool in acrobatic style during the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona.

▲Giulia Lapi and Mariangela Perrupato of Italy perform in the duets technical routine during a qualification event at Stratford in east London.

▲Team USA in practice at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens.

▲Team Switzerland seen underwater during the free combination finals of the European Diving and Synchronized Swimming Championships in Eindhoven.

▲Team Spain demonstrate a flair for flamenco at the European Games in Baku.

▲The team from Italy practice their routine before entering the water for the synchronized swimming team technical final at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai.

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Greece's Evangelia Platanioti and Despoina Solomou heading out of the water during the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona.

▲Team Malaysia form a perfect circle during their routine at the Asian Games in Doha.

▲Team Russia perform in the team free routine event during the Summer Olympic Games in Athens.

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Mexican synchronized swimming duo Nara Falcon and Olga Vargas perform during the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona.

In sync! The graceful art of synchronized swimming

The artistry of the underwater acrobat

14/07/22 por StarsInsider

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Synchronized swimming is one of the most graceful and complex water sports out there. It requires strength, agility, and a knack for holding your breath while performing elaborate moves underwater.

Do you have the endurance, flexibility, and precise timing to be a synchronized swimmer? Browse this gallery and discover those who do!