Synchronized swimming became an Olympic sport in 1984 and has had duet swimming in 6 of the 7 Olympics since then. The team event was the only one held during the Atlanta Olympics and has been part of the program since then.  The US has won 9 medals including 5 golds, but hasn’t won a gold medal since 1996.

The Team:

This year’s team is made up of two athletes who will compete in the duet event. Neither has any previous Olympic experience.

Links are to twitter accounts for the athletes.

USA Synchronized Swimming
Mary Killman
Mariya Koroleva

Schedule:

Each team will preform a technical routine and a free routine to begin the competition. At this point the top 12 will advance to the final free routine.  That score will then be added to the technical score to provide the final scores.

All Times ET
Sunday August 5th
10 AM – Synchronized Swimming – Duet – Technical Routine

Monday August 6th
10 AM – Synchronized Swimming – Duet – Free Routine

Tuesday August 7th
10 AM – Synchronized Swimming – Duet – Free Routine (Final)

Past Results:

In Beijing the US duet team was in 5th position after each of the rounds while in Athens the duet team won the bronze medal. Killman and Koroleva teamed up at the 2011 Pan American Games and won the silver medal.