INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 14. THE stage is set for the finals of the 12th FINA\/eSynchro World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI. The world's most elite junior synchronized swimmers finished competed in the figures competition on Friday. Scores from Wednesday and Thursday's preliminaries will be combined with Friday's figure scores to determine the 12 finalists in the solo, duet and the team free routine.<\/p>\n
The finals in the Duet Free Routine and in the Team Free Routine will be held on Saturday. The world junior champions in both the Solo Free Routine and the Free Routine Combination events will be crowned Sunday at the conclusion of finals. <\/p>\n
The internationally-sanctioned competition features the team and duet events, which are also Olympic disciplines. The team event consists of eight athletes while the duet consists of two synchronized swimmers. The solo requires a swimmer to synchronize a routine to music, while the free combination routine is considered a fan-favorite and incorporates a variety of different routines into one four and a half minute program.<\/p>\n
The top 12 solo, duet and team performances have qualified for the finals. A random draw was held this afternoon to determine the order of competition. The 13th ranked performance qualified as the pre-swimmer in each event. The draw resulted in the following order of competition for this weekend's final events:<\/p>\n
DUET FREE ROUTINE – Pre-Swimmer: BLR
\nOrder of Competition: 1-GRE; 2-ESP; 3-SUI; 4-USA; 5-HUN; 6-ITA;
\n7-FRA; 8-CAN; 9-JPN; 10-CHN; 11-UKR; 12-RUS
\nTop Six Teams from Preliminaries: 1-RUS; 2-UKR; 3-CAN; 4-JPN; 5-CHN; 6-FRA<\/p>\n
TEAM FREE ROUTINE – Pre-Swimmer: COL
\nOrder of Competition: 1-BRA; 2-USA; 3-ITA; 4-SUI; 5-GRE; 6-FRA;
\n7-CHN; 8-UKR; 9-CAN; 10-RUS; 11-ESP; 12-JPN
\nTop Six Teams from Preliminaries: 1-RUS; 2-CHN; 3-CAN; 4-URK; 5-JPN; 6-ESP<\/p>\n
SOLO FREE ROUTINE – Pre-Swimmer: CZE
\nOrder of Competition: 1-USA; 2-ITA; 3-ESP; 4-FRA; 5-BLR; 6-SUI;
\n7-RUS; 8-JPN; 9-GRE; 10-CAN; UKR; 12-CHN
\nTop Six Teams from Preliminaries: 1-RUS; 2-UKR; 3-CAN; 4-JPN; 5-CHN; 6-GRE<\/p>\n
FREE ROUTINE COMBINATION – Pre-Swimmer – GER
\nOrder of Competition: 1-COL; 2-GRE; 3-BRA; 4-USA; 5-SUI; 6-ITA;
\n7-CAN; 8-ESP; 9-JPN; 10-UKR; 11-RUS; 12-CHN
\nTop Six Teams from Preliminaries: 1-RUS; 2-UKR; 3-CHN; 4-CAN; 5-ESP; 6-JPN<\/p>\n
The National Federations are new to the FINA Junior World Championships but the athletes from Argentina, Finland and Singapore failed to advance to the weekend's finals.<\/p>\n
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