By M. Duncan Scott<\/p>\n
ATHENS, Greece, August 27. RUSSIA qualified first in a preliminary round that had an eerily familiar feel after the Duet competition.<\/p>\n
In Duet, after the Technical Routine preliminaries, after the Free Routine preliminaries and after the Free Routine Final, the top four in order were Russia, Japan, United States and Spain. The judges may as well have used the same scorecards and saved a few trees when it came time for the Technical section of the Team Event. <\/p>\n
Russia, Japan, United States and Spain, in that order.<\/p>\n
Athens event organizers report that Russia continued its dominance in Synchronized Swimming with another almost faultless performance in the Technical section of the Team Event. A spectacular lift by the Russian team in the acrobatic move was followed by a beautifully controlled ballet leg sequence and a fast cadence action to finish. The team's quick movements and excellent synchronicity was recognised by the judges who awarded three perfect 10s for Overall Impression to give an overall score of 49.667.<\/p>\n
Japan delighted the judges and audience from its exciting dive and acrobatic move through to its impressive cadence finale. With a score of 49.167, Japan is the biggest threat to the Russians.<\/p>\n
Spain, which scored 48.167 with its flamenco-influenced performance, and the United States with 48.584, are the teams most likely to battle for third.<\/p>\n
The Free section to decide the overall Team medals will be held Friday at 19:30.<\/p>\n
Results<\/p>\n
Synchronized Swimming Pool – THU 26 AUG 2004 – Start Time: 19:30<\/p>\n
Rank\tNOC\tName\tJudges\tReq. Pen.\tTotal\tPen.\t100% Points\tTechnical Routine
\n\t\t\t\tJ1\tJ2\tJ3\tJ4\tJ5\t\t\t\t\t50% Points\tPoints Behind
\n1\t RUS
\nAZAROVA Elena
\nBRUSNIKINA Olga
\nDAVYDOVA Anastasia
\nERMAKOVA Anastasia
\nGROMOVA Maria
\nKISELEVA Maria
\nNOVOKSHCHENOVA Olga
\nSHORINA Anna
\nEX
\nOI\t9.9
\n10.0\t9.9
\n9.9\t9.9
\n9.8\t9.8
\n10.0\t9.9
\n10.0\t\t49.500
\n49.833\t\t99.333\t49.667
\n2\t JPN
\nFUJIMARU Michiyo
\nHARADA Saho
\nKAWASHIMA Naoko
\nSUZUKI Emiko
\nTACHIBANA Miya
\nTAKEDA Miho
\nTATSUMI Juri
\nYONEDA Yoko
\nEX
\nOI\t9.7
\n9.9\t9.9
\n9.8\t9.7
\n9.9\t9.8
\n9.9\t9.8
\n9.9\t\t48.833
\n49.500\t\t98.333\t49.167\t0.500
\n3\t USA
\nBARTOSIK Alison
\nDOBRATZ Erin
\nJASONTEK Rebecca
\nKOZLOVA Anna
\nLOWE Sara
\nMcFALL Lauren
\nNESBITT Stephanie
\nZANOTTO Kendra
\nEX
\nOI\t9.6
\n9.7\t9.8
\n9.7\t9.7
\n9.7\t9.7
\n9.6\t9.8
\n9.8\t\t48.667
\n48.500\t\t97.167\t48.584\t1.083
\n4\t ESP
\nCORRAL Raquel
\nFUENTES Andrea
\nFUENTES Tina
\nMENGUAL Gemma
\nMONTERO Ana
\nRODRIGUEZ Irina
\nSERRANO Ione
\nTIRADOS Paola
\nEX
\nOI\t9.5
\n9.6\t9.7
\n9.6\t9.6
\n9.7\t9.6
\n9.7\t9.6
\n9.7\t\t48.000
\n48.333\t\t96.333\t48.167\t1.500
\n5\t CAN
\nCHAN Erin
\nCHASE Jessica
\nDUBUC Jessika
\nGAGNE Marie-Pierre
\nLETOURNEAU Fanny
\nNACKONEY Shayna
\nRENIERE-LAFRENIERE Anouk
\nSTEWART Courtenay
\nEX
\nOI\t9.5
\n9.5\t9.6
\n9.5\t9.5
\n9.6\t9.4
\n9.5\t9.5
\n9.6\t\t47.500
\n47.667\t\t95.167\t47.584\t2.083
\n6\t CHN
\nCHEN Yu
\nGU Beibei
\nHE Xiaochu
\nHOU Yingli
\nHU Ni
\nLI Zhen
\nWANG Na
\nZHANG Xiaohuan
\nEX
\nOI\t9.4
\n9.3\t9.5
\n9.4\t9.4
\n9.4\t9.4
\n9.4\t9.6
\n9.4\t\t47.167
\n47.000\t\t94.167\t47.084\t2.583
\n7\t ITA
\nCIRULLI Monica
\nFIORENTINI Costanza
\nPACCAGNELLA Joey
\nPLAISANT Elisa
\nSAVOIA Sara
\nSPAZIANI Beatrice
\nZAFFALON Lorena
\nZANAZZA Laura
\nEX
\nOI\t9.3
\n9.4\t9.4
\n9.3\t9.3
\n9.4\t9.3
\n9.4\t9.4
\n9.4\t\t46.667
\n47.000\t\t93.667\t46.834\t2.833
\n8\t GRE
\nANASTASIOU Aglaia
\nCHRISTODOULOU Maria
\nFTOULI Eleftheria
\nGEORGIOU Eleni
\nGOUDA Effrosyni
\nIOANNOU Apostolia
\nKOUTSOUDI Evgenia
\nPELEKANOU Olga
\nEX
\nOI\t9.2
\n9.3\t9.3
\n9.2\t9.2
\n9.2\t9.2
\n9.3\t9.4
\n9.3\t\t46.167
\n46.333\t\t92.500\t46.250\t3.417<\/p>\n
Referee\tTUDINI Cicci
\nTSSC<\/p>\n
Ass. Referee\tVILLICANA Cristina
\nTSSC<\/p>\n
Execution\tJudge 1\tROSCHINA Marina
\n RUS<\/p>\n
Judge 2\tROBERTS Sandra
\n CAN<\/p>\n
Judge 3\tSAIDOVA Svetlana
\n UKR<\/p>\n
Judge 4\tLOUTFY Laila
\n EGY<\/p>\n
Judge 5\tTACKETT Carol
\n USA<\/p>\n
\t\tOverall Impression\tJudge 1\tGRAY Jenny
\n GBR<\/p>\n
Judge 2\tBESANCON Marie Claude
\n FRA<\/p>\n
Judge 3\tICHIHASHI Harue
\n JPN<\/p>\n
Judge 4\tKRALIKOVA Ivona
\n CZE<\/p>\n
Judge 5\tLOBO Ana Maria
\n BRA<\/p>\n
Legend
\nEX-Execution\tTSSC-Technical Synchronized Swimming Committee\tOI-Overall Impression\tPen.-Penalty
\nDNS-Did Not Start\t*-Calculated average score\tDSQ-Disqualified
\nFINA-F\u00e9d\u00e9ration internationale de natation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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