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RUSSIA&#39;s Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina walked away with gold in the duet free finale during synchronized swimming at the FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian tandem tallied 98.833 points for the win, with 49.5 points from technical merit and 49.333 points from artistic impression. <\/p>\n<p>Spain&#39;s Andrea Fuentes and Gemma Mengual gave the Russians nearly all they could handle with a silver-winning 98.333 points. The difference came in technical merit as Spain earned 49 points compared to Russia.  Spain and Russia both posted matching 49.333s for artistic impression.<\/p>\n<p>China&#39;s Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen completed the podium with 97 points. 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