Costumes and a proposal at Boxing Day swims - The joy of an aboveground swimming pool - I took the plunge. But at least I wore a swimming costume - History makers in the pool as Great Britain claim first artistic swimming medal - Why the man who fought to make Olympic artistic swimming co-ed was shut out of competition - Canada's Simoneau, Lamothe in 15th after duet technical in artistic swimming - Quincy Hall wins gold while American artistic swimming team medals for first time in decades - Not your grandmother's water ballet: China wins artistic swimming gold, U.S. takes silver - Olympic artistic swimming has become less mysterious and more robotic, for better or worse