In an effort to pull synchronized swimming from the shower-drain of sports obscurity, a revamped governing body has declared May "Synchro de Mayo, " a push to expose newcomers to the sport through performances and free lessons.

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Bulgarians don't wait around much to see how their athletes do in Olympic figure-skating or tennis or synchronized swimming.

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The Chinese should collect three medals from the shooting range this weekend to go along with Yang's medal in swimming, a near-automatic gold in women's three-meter synchronized diving, as well as two of the three gold medals that will be awarded in weightlifting.

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