By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam Team USA artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez is heading to Paris to compete in her third consecutive Olympic Games this summer following her performance in the team and duet events at the World Aquatic Championships in Doha. This marks the U.S. artistic swimming team’s first Olympic appearance in the team event since 2008. USA secured their spot by finishing second overall behind China and first among the nations that had not yet punched a ticket to the Games. In order to qualify, the team needed to place in the top five of nations who were still looking to qualify ..read more

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: Wheaton Athletics LEWISVILLE, Texas – The Wheaton College (Mass.) artistic swimming team placed fifth at the Collegiate National Championship following events on the final day of the title meet at Westside Aquatic Center in Lewisville, Texas. The Lyons tallied 58.5 points over the two-day championship, finishing just a point and a half out of fourth place. University of the Incarnate Word won the crown with 95 points after placing third a year ago. Stanford University was a close runner up at 92 points, while Texas Woman’s University finished third with ..read more

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: U.S. Artistic Swimming The sudden loss of a legend is never easy to accept, but for those lucky enough to know her, Judy McGowan would have asked us to celebrate her life. If anyone could talk to her right now, with a glowing smile, she would tell a story from her incredible life that would give us a laugh, challenge us to think and encourage us to dream bigger than we believed we could. The sport of artistic swimming and countless members of our community are where they are today because of the loving heart Judy possessed. She knew how to ..read more

By Fernando Cicutti on SwimSwam Con mucha presencia española entre los candidatos, European Aquatics reveló los nominados a los premios Deportistas del Año 2023, en honor a los grandes atletas por sus logros durante el último año de competición. Los premios homenajearán a los competidores masculinos y femeninos de natación, saltos ornamentales, natación artística, waterpolo y aguas abiertas. Por primera vez, cada categoría contará con cinco nominados, lo que mostrará la profundidad del talento en las disciplinas acuáticas en Europa. Los nominados fueron elegidos en función de sus actuaciones ..read more

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: Ohio State Athletics COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State synchronized (artistic) swimming team earned a win over Michigan and Minnesota with 103 points at Saturday’s North Regional Championships. Prior to the meet, the Buckeyes recognized 2024 seniors Emily Armstrong, Victoria Carlson, Carol Walsh and Megan Wong. The group has helped the team to two straight national titles and two undefeated regular seasons in its time at Ohio State. Ohio State started the meet with first and second place finishes in trio. Both trios put on season-b ..read more

By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam The ten teams and 18 duets quota spots have been announced for the 2024 Paris Olympics for artistic swimming. Artistic swimming will take place from August 5-10 in Paris. Team 10 countries with eight athletes each (and one reserve athlete each) will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the team event. Men will be allowed to compete for the first time in the Olympics, but each team can have a maximum of two men for the team competition. Four countries qualified by being the highest-placed team a their Continental Championship while France earned the European quota ..read more

By Fernando Cicutti on SwimSwam Cierre mágico. El dúo mixto libre español, con Dennis González y Mireia Hernández, se colgó la medalla plateada en la competición que cerró la natación artística del Mundial 2024. México, de la mano de Trinidad Meza y Diego Villalobos, completó el podio. En el dúo libre, los chinos Wentao Cheng y Haoyu Shi sumaron 224,1437 puntos, mientras que los españoles se fueron hasta los 208,3583. Mientras tanto, la lucha por el bronce estuvo más reñida entre los mexicanos Trinidad Meza y Diego Villalobos, con 192,5772 puntos, y los colombianos Jennifer Cerquera y Gustavo ..read more

By Riley Overend on SwimSwam With a bronze-medal finish in the mixed team acrobatic routine at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, the United States qualified its artistic swimming team for the Olympics for the first time since 2008. There were five Olympic berths available for artistic swimming teams at Worlds this year, determined by the aggregate total of their performances in the acrobatic routine, free routine, and technical routine. The U.S. earned bronze for its acrobatic and free routines while placing 4th in the technical routine en route to a runner-up finish in the team st ..read more

By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam 2024 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – ARTISTIC SWIMMING Feb. 1-9, 2024 Doha, Qatar Schedule Results Day 1-2 Recap Day 3-7 Recap After already winning the team acrobatic and team technical World Titles, China took home gold in the team free artistic swimming event on Friday, February 9th in Doha. Team Free Results China 339.7604 Japan 315.2229 USA 304.9021 China’s win in the event earned them their third team free world title in a row after already winning the event at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest as well as at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka. China led ..read more

By Riley Overend on SwimSwam 2024 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – ARTISTIC SWIMMING Feb. 1-9, 2024 Doha, Qatar Schedule Results Day 1-2 Recap Artistic swimmers Nargiza Bolatova and Eduard Kim made history for Kazakhstan on Sunday with the nation’s first ever gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships in the mixed duet technical event. Bolatova and Kim rallied from 4th in prelims to win with 228.005 points, just ahead of China’s Cheng Wentao and Shi Haoyu (223.3166). They performed their routine to the theme of Tim Burton’s animated musical fantasy, “Corpse Bride.” “I cannot explain what I feel, it ..read more