101. Boys In The Water - Czech Male Synchronized Swimmers Dream Of Olympic Glory - 12 synchronized swimming used to be a female sport only. Thin, fit, sporty girlsdisappear under water We tried but Olympics are such a big sport event. http://www.radio.cz/en/article/66409

Radio Prague - the international service of Czech Radio Text only version 26-9-2005, 12:19 UTC News Previous Archive Daily news sent to you by e-mail ... Czechs in History Czech Music Encore Magic Carpet Czech Science Czechs Today ... ICE - Insight Central Europe Events and Projects Virtual Tour of Kromeriz Castles of the Czech republic Uherske Hradiste Summer Film School Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ... Archive About Radio Prague How to listen to RP Radio Prague on FM Confirmation of Reception Staff ... Czech Radio history About the Czech Republic The Czech Republic in dates History in a nutshell The Czech Republic through Children's Eyes Virtual Cemetery ... Heart of Europe Magazine Useful Information Czech Centres Residence Permits Czech Links Home in the Czech Republic - Advice for Living in CZ ... Archive Panorama Our weekly foray into all things Czech; from cultural and artistic trends to social phenomena. Boys in the water - Czech male synchronized swimmers dream of Olympic glory [12-05-2005] By Jaroslava Halkova Listen 16kb/s 32kb/s Synchronized swimming used to be a female sport only. Thin, fit, sporty girls disappear under water only to reappear with the next loud beat and spin with the tips of their toes pointing to the heavens. It's an impressive and tough sport - gymnastics in water. Just a few years ago the idea of a male team of synchronized swimmers would have caused a good few smirks, but today they have their very own international championship. It doesn't yet have hard-and-fast rules and only very few teams take part, but one of them is from the Czech Republic. The Czech team, calling themselves "Krasoplavci" - which roughly translates as figure or beauty swimmers are the first and so far the only team here.

102. The Davis Enterprise Twenty years later, the National olympic Committee officially accepted synchronizedswimming as an olympic sport and the first medals in synchronized http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2005/07/29/news/159new0.txt

HOME NEWS ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS ... SUBSCRIBE NEWS Archives Business Bob Dunning Features ... Photos SPORTS Local Sports Aggies Blue Devils Kings ... Real estate ENTERTAINMENT Art Books Feature stories Movies ... Video games COLUMNISTS C. Colton Debbie Davis Dick Dorf Bob Dunning ... Contributors OPINION Letters Local editorials Op-ed Submit a letter FORMS Anniversary Birth Classified ad Engagement ... Wedding ABOUT US Advertising Hours Internships Maps ... LOCAL LINKS Synchronicity! By Julie Rooney/Enterprise staff writer Then: In 1999, swim instructor Rose Cholewinski began a synchronized swimming program in Davis. Called the Aquastarz, the team of nine girls practiced at Davis Athletic Club, concluding the season with a show for parents. As Cholewinski describes it, "The show was in the training pool of the Davis Athletic Club. There were no chairs, no bleachers, no underwater sound system." As the years went by, a sound system was purchased, chairs were rented for the show and sequins began appearing on swimsuits. By 2004, those girls who joined the team when they were just 6 to 8 years old were now entering their teen years and were too tall to perform synchronized swimming in the 51/2-foot-deep Davis Athletic Club lap pool. "The older girls needed to go to the next level," Cholewinski says. "They needed to be coached by someone who could teach them things that I could no longer teach them. "

103. Lords Of The Underwater Dance: Men In Synchronized Swimming It is hard for many to even accept synchronized swimming as a sport. Out ofSync Male synchronized Swimmer Barred from the Olympics, http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/local/scisoc/sports02/papers/rrouse.html

This paper reflects the research and thoughts of a student at the time the paper was written for a course at Bryn Mawr College. Like other materials on Serendip , it is not intended to be "authoritative" but rather to help others further develop their own explorations. Web links were active as of the time the paper was posted but are not updated Contribute Thoughts Search Serendip for Other Papers Serendip Home Page Women, Sport, and Film - 2002 ... Student Papers On Serendip Lords of the Underwater Dance: Men in Synchronized Swimming Rebecca Rouse Male synchronized swimmer in action Harry Shearer and Martin Short as synchronized swimmers in a 1984 Saturday Night Live sketch Bill May with fellow Aquamaid Kristina Lum A scene from 'Waterboys,' a 2001 film directed by Yaguchi Shinobu Too often issues of sexism against men get ignored in American popular culture, especially in American sports culture. The issue of men's participation in synchronized swimming is a good example of the struggles that men are currently going through in order to ensure that gender equality in the sports world applies to everyone. Bibliography Arnold, Gina. "Synch Different," Metro Publishing Inc., http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/09.10.98/cover/synchroswim-9836.html, September 10, 1998.

104. Synchronised Swimming The official website of the ATHENS 2004 olympic Games Games of the XXVIII Current Page. Synchronised swimming Women About Sport Participants http://www.athens2004.com/en/resultsSynchronised_Swimming/results?rsc=SY0000000

105. EBU.CH :: Synchronized Swimming synchronized swimming, a sport often described as dance in the water , requiresspecial skills like strength, flexibility, grace, artistry and long http://www.ebu.ch/en/union/news/2004/olympics/Swimming_synchronized.php

site map EBU Lounge eurovision.net advanced search ... Contact us Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming, a sport often described as "dance in the water", requires special skills like strength, flexibility, grace, artistry and long underwater endurance. Synchronized swimming is one of only three Olympic disciplines in which only women are allowed to compete (the other two are Rhythmic gymnastics and Softball). The pool where Synchronized swimming takes place is 30m long by 20m wide and is 3m deep. There are two sets of marks, one for technical merit and one for artistic impression. For the first time in Olympic Games' history, all aquatics events will take place in a single venue, the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA). Sycnchronized swimming is the last of the four aquatic events and will take place from 23 to 27 August. pj/nc Latest update 23.08.2004

106. Www.2005worldmasters.com - Kirstin Normand olympics until the International olympic Committee announced that SynchronizedSwimming would be an olympic sport at the Atlanta 1996 Summer olympics. http://www.2005worldmasters.com/bcm/wmgames/wmgames-website.nsf/0/7419CDB940B37D

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