Paris Olympics: China Repeats Artistic Swimming Gold; US Claims Silver With Viral Moonwalk<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

While China repeated as gold medalists in the artistic swimming, the U.S. made history with its first medal in the sport since 2004 – and used an underwater moonwalk that went viral to get there.<\/p>\n

China won the gold medal with 996.1389 points, which was more than 81 points ahead of the U.S., which scored 914.3421 to earn the silver medal. Spain took the bronze medal with 900.7319 points in the competition, which spans three rounds – a technical routine, free routine and acrobatic routine. The scores are added up for the medals.<\/p>\n

The U.S. put together a difficult underwater moonwalk with a Michael Jackso<\/strong>n-themed performance to the song “Smooth Criminal” on Monday with the team’s feet up out of the water as the group moved in a moonwalk together.<\/p>\n