Swimming is actually pretty cool in person. And what is dressage?
My son swam in high school. All I remember is brutal cold outside (season is Jan/Feb/Mar), over-heated pools, and a lot of splashing.
Dressage is a horse-riding event in which someone in a fancy outfit rides a horse around in sort of figure-8s. I think the horse changes a gait on each pass, but it just looked like the horse was trotting. Pronounced "dress-ah-zh".