FUKUOKA, Japan, July 21. TO the surprise of no one, Russia won the synchronized swimming team final on Saturday at the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka. The results were as surprising as the sun rising in the morning.<\/p>\n
The Russian team won the gold with a combined points score of 98.917 to defend the title they won at the 1998 World Championships in Perth. <\/p>\n
They received full marks from three of the five judges for their artistic performance as well as another perfect score of 10 from one of the five technical judges. <\/p>\n
Japan, which won the duet gold on Friday, took silver in the team event with 98.083 at the Marine Messe in Fukuoka. Canada received 97.453 points to grab the bronze. <\/p>\n
In a familiar refrain, the USA finished fourth (95.941 points).<\/p>\n
"I have no words to describe my feelings right now," victorious Russian Anastassia Ermaskova said. "Even though we didn't perform perfectly, winning was the most important thing." <\/p>\n
Team Results<\/b><\/p>\n
Rank Team Pen. Score <\/p>\n
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1 RUS
\nDAVYDOVA Anastasia
\nTOLKATCHEVA Irina
\nSHORINA Anna
\nPETRATCHINA Svetlana
\nGROMOVA Maria
\nERMAKOVA Anastassia
\nOVTCHINNIKOVA Elena
\nKHASSIANOVA Elvira
\nCHESTAKOVITCH Joulia
\nT.M. 9.9 10.0 9.9 9.7 9.9 59.400 99.267 34.393
\nA.I. 9.8 10.0 9.9 10.0 10.0 39.867 64.524 98.917 <\/p>\n
2 JPN
\nYONEDA Yoko
\nFUJIMARU Michiyo
\nWATANABE Chiaki
\nSUZUKI Emiko
\nTAKEDA Miho
\nTATSUMI Juri
\nHOKODA Satoe
\nKAWASHIMA Naoko
\nHARADA Saho
\nT.M. 9.9 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.7 58.600 98.200 34.253
\nA.I. 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.9 10.0 39.600 63.830 98.083 <\/p>\n
3 CAN
\nCARVER-DIAS Claire
\nGARCEAU Catherine
\nCHASE Jessica
\nCASKEY Amy
\nNACKONEY Shayna
\nLETOURNEAU Fanny
\nCHAN Erin
\nJOHNSON Lynn
\nPETROV Sara
\nALEXANDER Sarah
\nT.M. 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.8 58.400 97.733 33.927
\nA.I. 9.6 9.8 10.0 9.8 9.9 39.333 63.526 97.453 <\/p>\n
4 USA
\nKOZLOVA Anna
\nMcFALL Lauren
\nJASONTEK Rebecca
\nCROW Tamara
\nNORRIS Katherine
\nMARTIN Rebecca
\nBARTOSIK Alison
\nWIGGINTON Lindsey
\nZANOTTO Kendra
\nPIETRAS Gina
\nT.M. 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.5 57.600 96.267 33.367
\nA.I. 9.7 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.7 38.667 62.574 95.941 <\/p>\n
5 ESP
\nMONTERO Ana
\nRODRIGUEZ Irina
\nSERRANO Ione
\nMENGUAL Gemma
\nCORRAL Raquel
\nMORON Gisela
\nSANZ Alicia
\nFUENTES Andrea
\nTIRADOS Paola
\nRABANAL Anna
\nT.M. 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.5 57.000 95.267 33.157
\nA.I. 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.5 38.267 61.924 95.081 <\/p>\n
6 ITA
\nBALLAN Giada
\nCIRULLI Monica
\nPLAISANT Elisa
\nVERCELLI Virna
\nZANAZZA Laura
\nBALZAROTTI Eva
\nPACCAGNELLA Joey
\nPORCHETTO Clara
\nZAFFALON Lorena
\nAZZALI Chiara
\nT.M. 9.4 9.6 9.4 9.3 9.4 56.400 94.533 33.040
\nA.I. 9.5 9.6 9.5 9.6 9.5 38.133 61.446 94.486 <\/p>\n
7 CHN
\nXIA Ye
\nMA Yi
\nGU Beibei
\nZHOU Jing
\nLIU Chen
\nZHANG Xiaohuan
\nCHEN Meng
\nDONG Yinan
\nDENG Yu
\nT.M. 9.3 9.4 9.3 9.5 9.2 56.000 93.600 32.737
\nA.I. 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.4 37.600 60.840 93.577 <\/p>\n
8 FRA
\nDANIEL Eve
\nPARENT Psylvia
\nPONTOIZEAU Fabienne
\nTHIBAUD Laure
\nPIERRET Marjorie
\nLIPPERT Lea
\nPIEDNOIR Annabelle
\nROURE Fanny
\nGLEZ Myriam
\nT.M. 9.2 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.0 55.000 92.467 32.433
\nA.I. 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.3 37.467 60.104 92.537<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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