Il CV della squadra francese PARIS AQUATIQUE

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E' molto interessante, ad esempio, leggere la storia della squadra Paris Aquatique.
Che dire: di esperienza ce n'è. Di risultati raggiunti, anche.
Speriamo che sia di buon auspicio per il prossimo futuro di questo sport!
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Aggiungo solo che questa squadra si è impegnata sin dall'inizio a seguire le regole ufficiali del Circuito master, così come avviene per la maggiorparte delle squadre maschili di sincronizzato (Montreal, San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale, London, Barcelona, Madrid, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Milano... and now Brussels, Kiev, Tokyo)

We created the section in september 1998, on the way back from Amsterdam's Gay Games, where we had performed a 16 men synchro ballet for the swimming meet closing ceremony, the famous "Pink Flamingo". We won that they for being the most inovatives.
Our first coach was one of the only 3 high-level french male synchro swimmers history has recorded so far.
A year later, when we prepared to organized the annual IGLA Tournament in Paris, Paris IGLA 2000, we hired our actual principal coach, Isabelle Girault, and organized in 2000 the first international masters synchro tournament ever in which men would/could compete legitimately.
From the start, and since Paris Aquatique is a member of the FFN, we decided to adhere to FFN and FINA Masters Rules and organize the meet accordingly.
The FFN, the French Swimming Federation, has supported us from the start and accordingly modified their rules to allow all male podiums in 2004 in any federal, national or regional meets where the number of men competing renders it possible (meaning, if their are at least 3 men or duos or trios or teams).
Many other federations in the world have modified their rules accordingly, since. Some had already done so, like Canada and Belgium.
Many mixed (men and women) international synchro meets were held since our first one :
IGLA 2003, 2004. 2005, 2007, 2008), TIP - Paris' Tournament (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), Outgames 2006 & Gay Games 2006, Eurogames 2008...
Belgian Masters, France International Open, France Masters... and certainly others we haven't heard about, especially in Japan (where synchro is very popular) and in North América...
We have tried to registered into the two last FINA's world masters synchro meets and were rejected, as FINA must change its rules first, which they still are not ready to do...