(CNN)Music. Breathe. Let the synchronicity begin.

Artistic swimmers have just two minutes to show off their strength, flexibility and aerobic endurance -- all while smiling and trying not to wipe off their heavy, waterproof make-up.

"If you think that that is easy, we are doing our job fine," 25-year-old Italian artistic swimmer Giorgio Minisini tells CNN Sport. "If you see that we are struggling, that we are making difficult things, maybe we are missing something."