Top scores in the sycnrhonized swimming Free Solo highlighted day two of the 2016 LEN European Aquatic Championships. In addition to the Free Solo final, finals of the men’s 1-meter springboard and women’s 10-meter synchro occurred.<\/p>\n
Natalia Ishchenko<\/strong>, triple Olympic gold medalist and the World Champion in Kazan, grabbed her first win of the meet with a dynamic performance in the sycnrhonized swimming Free Solo. Ishchenko was the overwhelming favorite entering the meet and did not disappoint finishing first with an astounding 96.4000 points. Today’s gold fittingly marks her 10th European gold medal one decade after claiming her first set of gold medals at the 2006 Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n Anna Voloshyna<\/strong> of Ukraine bettered upon last year’s fourth place finish at the World Championships with a second place finish of 93.4000. Italy’s\u00a0Linda Cerruti\u00a0<\/strong>(89.4333) edged out Spain’s\u00a0Cristina Salvador<\/strong> (89.2333) for the bronze medal by a slim .2 points.<\/p>\n Illya Kvasha<\/strong>\u00a0of Ukraine delivered another top performance in the men’s 1-meter springboard earning his sixth European title ever. Between the years of 2008 and 2013 Kvasha won five European titles for the 1-meter. The 28-year-old secured the title with a final score of 439.70, leading the second-place finisher by almost forty points.<\/p>\n Despite displaying a strong final dive\u00a0Giovanni Tocci\u00a0<\/strong>of Italy finished second overall with a final score of 414.30, earning him his first European silver medal. Wrapping up the podium was\u00a0Austria’s\u00a0Constantin Blaha\u00a0<\/strong>with 402.55 points. Blaha’s medal makes him the first Austrian male diver to make the podium since 1987.<\/p>\n A missed final dive from the British pair of\u00a0Lois Toulson<\/strong> and\u00a0Tonia Couch<\/strong> resulted in the pair slipping from first to fifth leaving the field open for Germany’s\u00a0Maria Kurjo\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0My Phan<\/strong> to claim first. The German pair upgraded from their 2014 silver medal finish to gold with a final score of 279.75.<\/p>\n Grabbing second was Ukraine’s\u00a0Ganna Krasnoshlyk\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Vlada Tatsenko\u00a0<\/strong>with a close score of 278.01.<\/p>\n The Hungary duo of\u00a0Villo Kormos<\/strong> and\u00a0Zsofia Reisinger\u00a0<\/strong>finished third with a 274.74 for the third consecutive European Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top scores in the sycnrhonized swimming Free Solo highlighted day two of the 2016 LEN European Aquatic Championships. In addition to the Free Solo final, finals of the men’s 1-meter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":146372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,14,10],"tags":[57626,53234,41655],"class_list":["post-201057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-synchronized-swimming","category-world","tag-2016-european-aquatics-championships","tag-natalia-ishchenko","tag-synchronized-swimming-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nMen’s 1-Meter Springboard<\/h3>\n
Women’s 10-Meter Synchro<\/h3>\n