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ANSWER GUY

By Max Klinger

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Olympic quiz: Your hair is slicked back with flavorless gelatin, your eyes are decorated with elaborate makeup, and you've just firmly secured your nose clip—what sport are you about to perform? Nothing? It's synchronized swimming and its one of the most elaborate events at the Olympics. With team finals looming this weekend (Fri. and Sat. at 3:00 am ET) we began to wonder: Where did this sport come from? What exactly is it? And why is this the most bizarrely interesting sport in the Oly ...

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