Artistic Swimming Preview
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The last time a team from USA Synchro competed at an Olympic Games was Beijing 2008. With a new coaching staff and a group of young and talented athletes, USA Synchro is aiming to change that prior to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
In 2018, USA Synchro named 11 athletes to its senior national team, who have trained together in Moraga, California, ever since. In 2019, the coaching staff of USA Synchro also changed significantly. Spain’s most decorated female Olympian Andrea Fuentes was named head coach, while two-time Olympian Reem Abdalazem joined as assistant coach. Together they have transformed the team with unique choreography and elements never-before seen in a synchronized swimming competition.
With a new coaching staff comes a new style for USA Synchro. The coaching pair is challenging Team USA’s traditional synchronized swimming routines with daring musical themes throughout their routines and unique choreography.
In 2019, the senior national team won two bronze medals in duet and team at the 2019 Pan American Games Lima. The team qualified for finals in every event at the 18th FINA World Championships, finishing fourth in mixed duet, 12th in solo and duet and 11th in team. With only one returning Olympian on the roster, the average age of the team is 17 years old, making them one of the youngest artistic swimming teams in the world.
