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- Three-peat for Russia in team synchro
- Russian women won their third straight Olympic gold in the synchronized swimming team event Saturday in Beijing, while Canada finished fourth. more »
- Russia leads, Canada 5th after 1st team synchro performance
- Russia leads the field after the first of two team synchronized swimming performances, while Canada is tied for fifth overall. more »
- Russians defend Olympic title, Canada 6th in synchro duo final
- Russian synchronized swimmers Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova defended their Olympic title on Day 12 of the Beijing Games, capturing gold in the duet synchro event. Canada's Isabelle Rampling and Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon finished 6th overall. more »
- Canucks maintain 6th position in synchro
- The Canadian synchro duo of Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon and Isabelle Rampling remain in 6th place after the second of three routines at the Beijing Games. more »
- Canada's synchro duo 6th after technical
- The Canadian synchronized swimming duo of Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon and Isabelle Rampling are sitting in 6th place after their technical routine on Day 10 of the Olympic Games. more »
- Synchronized swimmers named to Olympic team
- Synchro Canada has announced its Olympic roster for the 2008 Beijing Games. more »
- Tragedy behind the smile
- Canadian synchronized swimmer Sylvie Frechette performed the best routine of her career at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games despite the fact that three weeks earlier, her fiance committed suicide. A judging error also resulted in Frechette receiving the silver medal rather than gold, though she was awarded the gold she earned more than a year later. more »
- Recuperative therapy: no pain, no gain
- Olympic athletes know injuries. Ligament damage in knees, torn muscles in shoulders and broken bones are part of their world. So are months of intensive recuperative therapy. more »
- Olympic networks win right to broadcast from Tiananmen Square
- TV networks planning to broadcast from the Beijing Olympics this summer, including CBC, appear to have overcome a major hurdle by winning the right to broadcast live from Tianamen Square. more »
