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.
英国花样游泳网站称竞技游泳运动员需拥有健硕的体态和良好的水性。在对花样游泳运动员进行了一系列测试并将他们的测试结果与其他奥林匹克运动员比较后,结果显示花样游泳运动员的有氧运动能力排名第二,仅次于长跑运动员
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