Synchronized swimming championship in West Michigan
JENISON, MI (WZZM) - You may have watched synchronized swimming during the Olympic games, but you can see the sport more often than just every four years. For the next three days, West Michigan is hosting a synchronized swimming championship.
At the Jenision Aquatic Center, swimmers from all over the nation are getting judged on their execution, artistic impression, and difficulty of their synchronized swimming.
"Synchronized swimming is a beautiful sport; it's an artistic sport," explained Becky Thompson, a competitor. "This one combines a lot of sports, including dancing, gymnastics, tumbling, swimming, and water polo."
Many think synchronized swimming involves people moving in water together, but synchronized swimming has a number of solo events, too, where participants are synced to music.
