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Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Olympic Games

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Also Known As	water ballet • artistic swimming

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Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Olympic Games

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Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games swimming breaststroke freestyle butterfly backstroke

Key People

Bill May

Bill May

American artistic swimmer

Williams, Esther

Esther Williams

American swimmer and actress

Karen Josephson

American artistic swimmer

Sarah Josephson

American athlete

Josephson sisters

American swimmers

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Man swimming the butterfly stroke in pool. (swimmer; athlete)

Water Sports Quiz

Assorted sports balls including a basketball, football, soccer ball, tennis ball, baseball and others.

American Sports Nicknames

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Car with a pickle design in the Zagreb Red Bull Soapbox Race, Zagreb, Croatia, September 14, 2019. (games, races, sports)

10 Unusual Sports

Tug-of-war at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 2005.

7 Canceled or Reintroduced Olympic Sports