According to the British Synchronised Swimming website, competitive swimmers must be extremely fit, and completely at home in the water. When tested and compared with other Olympic athletes the results showed that synchronised swimmers ranked second only to long-distance runners in aerobic capacity.



英國花樣游泳網站稱競技游泳運動員需擁有健碩的體態和良好的水性。在經過一系列測試和與其他奧林匹克運動員比較后，結果顯示花樣游泳運動員的有氧運動能力排名第二，僅次于長跑運動員。