Synchronized Swimming

Japanese: シンクロナイズドスイミング
Synchronized Swimming
A type of water sport. Participants swim to musical accompaniment and compete on the accuracy of technique and the beauty of expression. It originated in Europe and developed as a show before becoming a competitive sport in the United States in 1945. It was introduced to Japan in 1954 by a US team that came to entertain the occupying forces. There are three events: solo (solo), duet (2 people), and team (4-8 people). In 1995, the rules were revised to determine rankings based on the total points of technical routine and free routine, instead of figures (regulations) and routine (free performance). It has been an official Olympic event since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but only team (8 people) was held at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Since the first World Championships in 1973, the United States, Canada, and Japan were the world's top three, but since 1997, Russia, France, China, and others have risen to prominence. From the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Japan won two silver and four bronze medals in duets, and won bronze medals in team competitions at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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Japanese:
水上競技の一種。音楽の伴奏に合わせて泳ぎ,技術の正確さと表現の美しさを競う。ヨーロッパで生まれショーとして発達した後,1945年に米国で競技化されたもの。日本には1954年占領軍慰問のため来日した米国チームによって紹介された。競技はソロ(単独),デュエット(2人),チーム(4〜8人)の3種目が行われる。1995年にルール改正され,フィギュア(規定)とルーティン(自由演技)にかわって,テクニカル・ルーティンとフリー・ルーティンの合計得点で順位を決定することになった。1984年のロサンゼルスオリンピックからオリンピック正式種目だが,1996年アトランタオリンピックではチーム(8人)のみの開催。1973年の第1回世界選手権大会以来,米国,カナダ,日本が世界の3強であったが,1997年以降ロシア,フランス,中国などが台頭。日本は1984年のロサンゼルスオリンピックから2008年の北京オリンピックまで,デュエットで銀2,銅4,チームでは1996年アトランタオリンピックで銅,2000年シドニーオリンピック,2004年アテネオリンピックで銀を獲得した。
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