Indianapolis—
The Junior World Synchronized Swimming Championship is being held in Indianapolis this week.Kim Wurzel-Loporto is one of the coaches. She said it's a sport that catches a lot of slack. Many people think it looks easy.
"It's kinda like holding your breath while running a two mile sprint," she said.
Wurzel-Loporto says it's supposed to look easy. The U.S. team has been gearing up for Worlds here in Indianapolis at Ben Davis High School.
"We train six to seven hours a day with a two hour break in between," said Kim.
Alyson Haylor is the youngest swimmer on the team. She said she enjoys the long hours.
"I really like practicing every day, day in and day out."
Wurzel-Loporto said being a world championship synchronized swimmer takes hard work. She said it starts with the basics.
"It's a typical water polo eggbeater where your legs are rotating in an eggbeater motion. Their feet are kinda flexed and they use that kinda like a duck and so that keeps them up."
The US team is hoping to finish on the medal stand this year. Haylor is hoping to see rings in her future, Olympic rings: "I wanna go to maybe 2012 and maybe 2016."
Tickets can be purchased at the gate and will be $10 for adults and $6 for students. Children five and under will be admitted for free. Week-long passes can be purchased for $25 and $15.
