Artistic swimming
6 Minute English
BBC
4.5 ⢠1.6K Ratings
đď¸ 12 February 2026
âąď¸ 7 minutes
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Summary
How long can you hold your breath underwater? And what about if you were doing a gymnastic and dance routine as well...? Artistic swimming, which used to be known as synchronised swimming, requires dedication, hard work and passion. Phil and Becca discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, I'm Georgie, an English teacher and presenter at BBC Learning English. I want to tell you about a new series I've made all about speaking. |
| 0:15.5 | Beating speaking anxiety helps you fight your fears of speaking English. Each video tackles a different fear, |
| 0:21.9 | like the fear of making mistakes, |
| 0:23.7 | the fear of not understanding people, |
| 0:25.7 | and the fear of public speaking. |
| 0:28.0 | Find practical tips |
| 0:29.1 | and see speaking activities in action with real learners. |
| 0:32.7 | Find beating speaking anxiety on our website, |
| 0:35.7 | BBClearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:38.7 | Six Minute English from BBC learning English.com. |
| 0:45.8 | Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil. |
| 0:51.3 | And I'm Becker. Have you ever done something physically challenging, Phil? |
| 0:56.6 | Like running a marathon maybe, or climbing a mountain? I've climbed some mountains, but only very |
| 1:03.3 | little ones, so it wasn't that challenging. If physical challenges are something you enjoy, |
| 1:08.4 | maybe you should try artistic swimming or synchronise swimming, |
| 1:12.5 | as it used to be called, a combination of dance and gymnastics with a difference. |
| 1:18.4 | In artistic swimming, athletes dance underwater while holding their breath. |
| 1:24.2 | Did you say dance underwater? |
| 1:27.1 | Yes, swimmers dance upside down in the water, holding their breath. Did you say dance underwater? Yes, swimmers dance upside down in the water, holding their |
| 1:31.5 | breath. As we'll hear, it's an extremely demanding sport, which requires discipline, |
| 1:38.3 | stamina and years of training. As usual, we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases, and you can practice these with the quiz and worksheet on our website. |
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