Synchronised Swimming
Synchronised Swimming it's a "women only" sport and it's considered a recent sport - it first appeared in the Olympics game in 1984 L.A Olympic Games. This modality was born between the end of the 19th century and the beggining of the 20th century as aquactic ballet, and did you know that when it first appeared men used do practice it and not women?
In 1934 the name Synchronised Swimming was used by the first time and since then this sport has been growing every year. In 1982 it was considered by the IOC (International Olympic Comittee) added Synchronised Swimming to the list of sports of the Olympic Games.
This is sport has two modalities:
- duets;
- teams: minimum of 4 people and maximum of 8 people.
And the athletes have to perform 2 different kinds of performances:
- the technical routine: the duets have 2m20s and the teams have 2m50s to perform and do mandatory moves.
- the free routine: duets have 3m30s and the teams have 4 minutes to perform and do the free moves that the team chose.
Some brazilian athletes are the twins Carolina and Isabela de Moraes, Nayara Figueira and Lara Teixeira.
Their make up must be waterproof, the clothes are colorful and made for their performances and they use a nose clip that doesn't let the water go inside their noses.
Information: http://esporte.hsw.uol.com.br/nado-sincronizado-olimpicos2.htm
and
http://www.brasil2016.gov.br/pt-br/olimpiadas/modalidades/nado-sincronizado
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