2000 Olympics--Synchronized Swimming From WWA Provides a summary of olympic synchronized swimming including history, judging and events information. http://www.worldwideaquatics.com/Olympics/aboutsynchro.htm
Extractions: HISTORY It started as a male sport, with the earliest recorded competition in 1890 in Berlin. It has persevered under a myriad of names, including artistic, ornamental, scientific, figure or pattern swimming, as well as water ballet. By the turn of the century, though, women had come to the fore of synchronized swimming. A champion Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman delighted audiences with dances performed in a glass tank of water in New York in 1907. Interest began to build. In 1924 in Montreal, the world's first provincial championship was held. The first champion, Peg Seller, became an important pioneer for the fledgling sport, and from there it spread to the US, where it soon flourished in amateur swimming clubs nationwide. Chicago later emerged as the hub of the sport's development, beginning with a stunning display at the 1934 World's Fair. Diver and former gymnast Katherine Curtis trained 60 swimmers, known as The Modern Mermaids, in a series of moves that gave birth to the term "synchronized swimming." It's international popularity soared further when swimmer Esther Williams performed in a string of MGM "aqua musicals" in the 1940s and '50s. By then a contracted star at MGM, she starred in several films, known as "aqua musicals," centered around synchronized swimming. One of the biggest, Million Dollar Mermaid, was an affectionate portrait of Annette Kellerman.
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Extractions: Main Sections Business International National Sports Style Washington World (Metro) Weather Home Page Site Index Search Help BigBook Business Directory Autos Classified CareerPost (Jobs Classified) Homes Classified Rentals Classified Olympic Sections AP Olympic News Event Venues Local Olympians Medal Chart Olympic News Summary Olympic Talk Olympic Trivia Post Olympic Articles Schedule by Day TV Schedule Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Tennis Table Tennis Team Handball Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Yachting LATEST SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING NEWS SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING RESULTS FACTS AND FIGURES The U.S. synchronized swimming team continues to rule the pool in the Olympic. The U.S. won the gold medal Friday with a near-flawless performance in the sport's first team competition at the games. Since synchronized swimming was added in 1984, American swimmers have picked up four golds and two silvers. The U.S. finished with a score of 99.720 points and received nine perfect 10s from the judges for their stirring five-minute routine. Canada took the silver with a score of 98.367 and Japan won the bronze with 97.753. This page covers the 1996 Olympic synchronized swimming competition by providing Olympic synchronized swimming news and articles from The Washington Post and the Associated Press. It also features useful information from U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swimming Team's 1996 media guide, including synchronized swimming facts, judging and scoring criteria, U.S. synchronized swimming history, as well as all-time Olympic results. During the Games, come here for frequent updates.
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Extractions: Synchronized Swimming First Olympic Appearance: 1984 by John Gettings Popularized in Canada during the 1920s, this combination of ballet and gymnastics in water first caught America's attention at an exhibition at the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago. Steadily gaining popularity throughout the 1940s and 50s, it was a made a demonstration sport in 1948 and kept that status through five straight Olympic games. In both the duet and team competitions, swimmers will perform routines that consist of boosts, twirls, kicks and spins which mirror the actions of their teammates above and below the water surface. During a technical routine swimmers may choose their own musical accompaniment but must perform specific moves in a set order. Technical routines must be completed in less than three minutes.
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Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents The great Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman, planted the first seed of what was to become synchronized swimming when she performed "water ballet" in a glass tank at the New York Hippodrome in 1907. Katherine "Kay" Curtis didn't see the performance, but she may well have been inspired by newspaper accounts. As a student at the University of Wisconsin in 1915, Curtis began experimenting with underwater swimming stunts. The following year, she was instrumental in having synchronized swimming added to the school's physical education program for women. Curtis moved on to the University of Chicago, where she founded a water ballet club in 1923. Sixty of her swimmers, known as the "Modern Mermaids," performed at the 1934 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, attracting national and international publicity. The sport quickly became popular among young women in the Chicago area and Curtis developed rules for competition, based essentially on the scoring methods used in gymnastics, diving, and figure skating. The first recorded competition was held May 27, 1939, between Chicago Teacher's College, coached by Curtis, and Wright Junior College, also in Chicago.
Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Other Resources Synchronized swimming became an Olympic sport in 1984 with solo and duet competition. In 1996, they were replaced by a single team event. Duet competition was restored to the Olympic program in 2000. Top of page Year Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score Candy Costie Top of page Year Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score United States Canada Japan Russia Japan Canada Top of page Year Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score Tracie Ruiz, USA Carolyn Waldo, CAN Miwako Motoyoshi, JPN Carolyn Waldo, CAN Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, USA Mikako Kotani, JPN Fumiko Okuno, JPN Joint gold medal awarded in October of 1993 because of a scoring discrepancy Top of page Index to Olympics Synchronized Swimming History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search This page last updated Wednesday, 23-Jul-2003 12:19:19 PDT
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Washingtonpost.com Swimming Shooting. Soccer. Softball. swimming. synchronized swimming. Tennis. Table Tennis Learn the history of the ancient sport. olympic history. Learn how swimming became an olympic sport. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/swimming/front.htm
Extractions: Main Sections Business International National Sports Style Washington World (Metro) Weather Home Page Site Index Search Help BigBook Business Directory Autos Classified CareerPost (Jobs Classified) Homes Classified Rentals Classified Olympic Sections AP Olympic News Event Venues Local Olympians Medal Chart Olympic News Summary Olympic Talk Olympic Trivia Post Olympic Articles Schedule by Day TV Schedule Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Tennis Table Tennis Team Handball Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Yachting LATEST SWIMMING NEWS SWIMMING RESULTS FACTS AND FIGURES At the end of the last lap of Janet Evans' career, she ducked under the buoys and floated over to embrace the cocky teen who backed up a boast to take her place. In that poignant moment in the pool, America's greatest and most beloved woman swimmer let go of any lingering animosity she harbored toward fellow American Brooke Bennett, 15. She also let go of a lifetime's work and symbolically passed the torch to Bennett, the new 800-meter freestyle gold medalist.
Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Swimming Home Essentials ... Swimming History zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Teams and Pools Swim Coaching Nutrition Workouts and Technique ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Subscribe to the About Swimming newsletter. Search Swimming From Mat Luebbers What's the big swimming event the year after the 2004 Olympics? The 2005 World Championships. This great celebration of watersports will feature 14 days of competitions from July 17 to 31, 2005. Swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming will all be on display. An outdoor aquatic complex, the only one of its kind in Canada, will be installed at the Pavillon des Baigneurs and will include 3 permanent swimming pools. These state-of-the-art facilities will serve to restore the prestige of the area while providing a true legacy for all Montrealers.
Synchroclub.html you who really got into the 1996 olympic synchronized swimming Team check out our club right here at North Regional meet for the second time in our team's history. http://www.uiowa.edu/~uisynch
Extractions: University Of Iowa Synchronized Swimming Club Homepage For those of you who really got into the 1996 Olympic Synchronized Swimming Team,check out our club right here at the University of Iowa, UISSC. The Past, Present and Future The Club Is this team for you? Take this test and see. Schedule of Events and Updates Practice times Competition Results Thank Yous For More Information.... University of Iowa Synchronized Swimming Club Meet the Team Top Row (L to R): Betsy Hunt, Molly Chenoweth, Lisa Schmidt, Katie Wandell, Lisa Schwartz Middle Row: Michaela Larson, Kristine Kernc, Lisa Rose, Lindsey Pyle Front Row: Katie Fisher, Ann Bender, and Lisa Johnson Missing from the picture are Julie Stringer, Meghan Mandsager, and Lindsay Kaufmann Individual Pictures and Biographical Data MEET THE 1998-1999 UISSC team. We have 14 members and a new student coach. And twelve athletes will compete this year. Betsy Hunt is a sophomore from Fairfield, IA. She is presently majoring in Italian and minoring in Spanish. She joined the team to meet people, get some excercise, and because she was on her high school swim team. This is her first experience with synchro. Ann Bender is a freshman, nursing major from Des Moines Dowling High School. She has been involved in synchro for nine years. In fact, she is Meghan Mandsager's high school duet partner.
ISHOF - Gail Emery (USA) - 2000 Honor Synchronized Swimming Coach years later, in 1984, synchronized swimming became an olympic event and Gail was on the olympic staff. ever perfectroutine score in olympic history. With head coach Charlotte http://www.ishof.org/00gemery.html
Extractions: Honor Synchronized Swimming Coach FOR THE RECORD: 1988, 1992, 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES: Head Coach; 1982, 1986, 1991, 1994 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Coach; 1983 - Present FINA WORLD CUP: Team Coach; 1979 to Present NATIONAL TEAM: Coach; Coach of OLYMPIC SWIMMERS winning 11 gold and 3 silver medals, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SWIMMERS winning 14 gold and 9 silver, FINA WORLD CUP SWIMMERS winning 24 gold and 5 silver medals, GOODWILL GAMES SWIMMERS winning 3 gold medals; Coach of 56 U.S. National Team Championships, 11 Junior National Team Championships; Coach of 150 swimmers to National Titles. Not since the days of Hall of Fame Honoree and San Francisco Merionettes coach Marion Kane, has a coach dominated the world of synchronized swimming. Her entry into the sport more than 38 years ago marked the beginning of a competitive and coaching legacy that has made Gail Emery synonymous with achievement and success. And she did it all with a competitive but compassionate heart that brought out the best in her athletes. Of all synchronized swimming coaches, she is the coach who perhaps had the greatest impact in this sport as it was developing on the Olympic scene.
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Olympic Sports History - Diving olympic synchronized swimming history read the unique history ofsynchronized swimming and all the events as an olympics sport. http://www.athenshousing.com/olympicshistory/OlympicSports/synchronized_swimming
Extractions: Home Check Availability Browse Accommodations Buy Olympic Event Tickets ... Submit A Special Request Olympic Sports History SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING The great Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman, planted the first seed of what was to become synchronized swimming when she performed "water ballet" in a glass tank at the New York Hippodrome in 1907. Katherine "Kay" Curtis didn't see the performance, but she may well have been inspired by newspaper accounts. As a student at the University of Wisconsin in 1915, Curtis began experimenting with underwater swimming stunts. The following year, she was instrumental in having synchronized swimming added to the school's physical education program for women. Curtis moved on to the University of Chicago, where she founded a water ballet club in 1923. Sixty of her swimmers, known as the "Modern Mermaids," performed at the 1934 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, attracting national and international publicity. The sport quickly became popular among young women in the Chicago area and Curtis developed rules for competition, based essentially on the scoring methods used in gymnastics, diving, and figure skating. The first recorded competition was held May 27, 1939, between Chicago Teacher's College, coached by Curtis, and Wright Junior College, also in Chicago.
Olympic Sports History - History Of Sports In The Olympic Games olympic Sports history. was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter olympics andbecame a planted the first seed of what was to become synchronized swimming http://www.athenshousing.com/olympicshistory/olympicsports.html
Extractions: Home Check Availability Browse Accommodations Buy Olympic Event Tickets ... Submit A Special Request Olympic Sports History Most Olympic sports have a unique story to tell as they found their way to Olympic Grandeur Archery A rchers began forming tournaments when the bow was replaced as the main weapon of war in the 17 th century... Athletics Although it only recently became a competitive sport, acrobatics has long been an important component of modern artistic sports... Badminton Badminton probably originated in India as a grownup's version of a very old children's game known in England as battledore and shuttlecock... Basketball U.S. teams demonstrated basketball at the Olympics in 1904, 1924, and 1928. When basketball became an official Olympic sport... Biathlon The Biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, originated in Norway as a training exercise for soldiers... Bobsledding The bobsled was developed in Switzerland late in the 19th century when someone put runners on a toboggan to get greater speed... Canoeing During the early part of the 19 th century, canoeing became quite popular in northern and central Europe, largely through the efforts of...
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Extractions: Abstracts of Most Recent Issue of Journal of Olympic History Vol. 8, No. 2 From the Trenches to the Track, and Back (by Harry Gordon). pp. 7-10. Australian Olympic historian Harry Gordon discusses the many Olympic athletes who have fought for their nation during wartime. He begins with the story of Claude Smeal, an Australian soldier who ran the 1952 marathon. Further discussion centered on several British soldiers who honored themselves both on the battlefield and the Olympic arena. Gordon ends the article by discussing the relationship of Jesse Owens and Lutz Long, which began at the 1936 Olympics, and ended with the death of Long while fighting in North Africa during World War II. The Olympic Bribery Scandal (by Bill Mallon). pp. 11-27. This long article attempts to be the most complete, and accurate, summary of the events surrounding the Olympic Scandal of 1999. The article is based on primary documentary sources, including all the reports issued in 1999 that evaluated the status of the scandal. These included the Pound Report (IOC), the Mitchell Report (USOC), the Sheridan Report (Sydney), and the Salt Lake City Board of Ethics Report (Salt Lake City 2002). After discussion of the findings of the reports, the article focuses on the attempts at reform by the IOC, including the institution of the IOC 2000 Commission, the IOC Ethics Commission, and the numerous reforms enacted by the IOC at their 1999 Session held on 11-12 December in Lausanne.
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