Canada Artistic Swimming is proud to announce that we are a recipient of $345,000 from the Community Sport for All Initiative (CSAI) grant program, facilitated by the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Government of Canada. The funding is part of a broader effort under the Sport Support Program to address barriers and elevate sport participation rates among underrepresented groups through impactful community sport initiatives. This grant enables Canada Artistic Swimming to launch over 33 inclusive initiatives nationwide, enhancing our existing introduction to artistic swimming progr ..read more

The Canadian artistic swimming team landed in Doha, Qatar, for the 2024 World Championships with two objectives: move up the world rankings in order to re-establish itself as a competitor to be reckoned with on the world stage and qualify for the Paris Olympics. The result can be summed up in two words: mission accomplished. Canada not only clinched qualifications for its team and duet for the upcoming Paris Olympics but also marked its most successful performance at a World Championships in more than a decade. Fueled by an unyielding team spirit, the Canadian squad managed to consistently de ..read more

Canada still very much in the hunt for Olympic team qualification  The Team Free preliminary event was held in the morning session of Day 7 at the Doha World Championships. Still in the middle of a very tight race to determine the teams that will get the last 5 remaining qualification spots for the Paris Olympics, Canada was first to swim amongst the 16-team field. As with the rest of the team competition, Canada was going into this event with a lower declared degree of difficulty than most of its competitors, betting instead on consistent, well-executed routines. Canada dove in for the ..read more

Audrey Lamothe and Jacqueline Simoneau had an early morning start on Day 6 of the World Aquatics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. Due to the large number of entries in the duet free event, the field competes in two separate sessions, with the first group made up of lesser ranked pairs. Because Canada did not compete at last summer’s World Championships in this event, the Canadian pair was in the first group, and drew start number 4. A mere 12 hours from winning gold in the solo free event last night, Simoneau took to the pool with partner Lamothe with a routine claiming the highest declared ..read more

Jacqueline Simoneau is World Champion. The 2-time Olympian, owner of over 70 medals in her international career since she burst on the scene over ten years ago, can now add a gold medal at the World Championships to her resume. This one came in the Solo Free event, which she won in convincing fashion in the evening session of Day 5 at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. In third position after the preliminary round, Simoneau went for broke in the finals and declared a monster degree of difficult of 49.150, the second highest DD ever declared in international competition for the solo free ..read more

Canada’s artistic swimming squad continued it bid for Olympic qualification this afternoon at the Doha World Aquatics Championships with the presentation of the Team Technical final. In 5th position after the preliminary round, Canada was looking for another clean performance that would earn full difficulty mark and keep them in the hunt for one of the tickets to Paris. It quickly became clear as the event progressed that all teams meant business in this final, with most receiving full credit for their difficulty points – increasing the pressure for Canada to lock in a base mark-free routine ..read more

Jacqueline Simoneau and Audrey Lamothe place 7th in Duet Technical Still riding high from its 4th place finish in the Acrobatic Routine event on Sunday, Canada had only a short window to regroup and prepare for the Team Technical preliminary round held in Monday’s morning session, a mere 20 hours later. The short turnaround didn’t seem to affect the team who delivered another confident performance that was awarded its full difficulty score by the judges and a score of 259.4950. Leaving the pool in first position with 12 teams to go, Canada ended up being overtaken by only a handful of teams ..read more

Day 3 of the World Aquatics Championships featured the acrobatic routine finals where the top 12 finishers from the preliminary round faced off with the first team event medals at stake. Sitting in 4th position after yesterday’s prelims and swimming 9th out of 12 competitors, Canada delivered an even more confident performance to earn a final score of 222.1367, leaving them in 2nd place with 3 teams to go. In the end, Canada finished 4th with China receiving gold, Ukraine silver and the USA bronze.  “It truly felt amazing in the pool today,” said team member Sydney Carroll, from Saskato ..read more

Team Canada finishes a strong 4th in acrobatic routine preliminaries After Friday’s solo technical preliminary round, Jacqueline Simoneau had a decision to make ahead of today’s final. She was sitting in third position after a strong performance, even though her degree of difficulty (DD) was more than 3 points lower than her competitor in the gold medal position. She could play it safe and rely on another powerful, clean swim or, in the ultimate high-risk/high-reward game, she could increase her DD to give her a better chance to move up in the rankings. Her hesitation was short-lived: she de ..read more

The first day of artistic swimming competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships featured the preliminary sessions in both the solo technical and duet technical events. In the duet technical program, Jacqueline Simoneau and Audrey Lamothe kicked off their bid for a spot in the Paris Olympics with a clean routine that earned them 8th position and entry into Monday’s finals. Swimming together for the first time in competition, the newly-formed pair was incredibly proud of their debut performance under enormous pressure. “I was nervous for a lot of reasons,” stated 18-year-old Lamothe, f ..read more