Olympics: Synchronized Swimming Pictures

Workers clean a pool of water outside the National Aquatics Centre, also known as the Water Cube, in Beijing July 29, 2008. It will host the swimming, diving and synchronized swimming competitions during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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A worker is silhouetted as he cleans the floor outside the National Aquatics Centre also known as the Water Cube in Beijing July 29, 2008. It will host the swimming, diving and synchronized Swimming competitions during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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Synchronized Swimming Olympic Champion Anastasia Ermakova poses for the press during the Russian Olympic team's farewell ceremony on The Red Square, in Moscow, Tuesday, July 29, 2008. An actor performing as Russian Olympic team's mascot called Cheburashka, a famous Soviet-era cartoon character, is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Gemma Mengual (R) and Andrea Fuentes of Spain perform their synchronized swimming duet free routine during an exhibition in Malaga, southern Spain in this June 24, 2008, file photo. Synchronised swimming is perhaps the most deceptive of all Olympic sports. Behind the lipstick, hair gel, fixed smiles and sequined swimsuits lurks a lung-bursting test of athleticism, artistry, and technical skill. To match feature OLYMPICS/SWIMMING-SYNCHRONISED REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN)

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**FOR USE WITH AP LIFESTYLES** **FILE** This August 1992 file photo shows Olga Sedakova, of the Unified Team, as she competes in the solo synchronized swimming final of the Summer Olympics in Barcelona. For the 1984 Los Angeles Games, Olympic organizers introduced solo synchronized swimming. The idea was for the swimmer to synchronize with the music, but viewers couldn't get past the whole lack of a partner thing and the sport was dropped after the Barcelona Games in 1992. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, FILE)

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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 17: (CHINA OUT) The Japanese swim team competes during the technical routine of team event in the "Good Luck Beijing" Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification Tournament 2008 in the National Aquatics Center April 17, 2008 in Beijing, China. The event runs from April 16 to 20. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - JANUARY 31: Visitors take photos outside the National Aquatics Center after the 'Good Luck Beijing' World Swimming China Open January 31, 2008 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center will host swimming, diving and synchronized swimming during the 2008 Olympic Games. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - JANUARY 31: A man sits in the audience's rest area which is named "Bubbles Bar" before the "Good Luck Beijing" World Swimming China Open at the National Aquatics Center January 31, 2008 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center will host swimming, diving and synchronized swimming during the 2008 Olympic Games. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - JANUARY 31: Visitors pass the audience's rest area which is named "Bubbles Bar" before the "Good Luck Beijing" World Swimming China Open at the National Aquatics Center January 31, 2008 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center will host swimming, diving and synchronized swimming during the 2008 Olympic Games. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

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BEIJING - JANUARY 31: A visitor walks through the audience's rest area which is named "Bubbles Bar" before the "Good Luck Beijing" World Swimming China Open at the National Aquatics Center January 31, 2008 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center will host swimming, diving and synchronized swimming during the 2008 Olympic Games. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

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