Ischenko and Romashina crowned again

Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina of Russia successfully defended their Olympic title in the synchronised swimming duets event on Tuesday, report agencies from RIO De Janeioro.
The duo continued Russia's unbroken streak of gold medals in the event since the country first participated in it in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina maintained Russia’s long unbeaten record in the Olympic synchronised swimming duet competition, outscoring their Chinese and Japanese rivals to retain the title they won at London 2012 and extend their country’s golden streak to five editions of the Games.
The pair earned a final score of 194.9910 points Rio, with China’s Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan pocketing silver with a total of 192.3688 and Japan’s Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui taking bronze with 188.0547. In claiming back-to-back golds, the Russian now move level with compatriots Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova on a record two Olympic titles in the event.
As of the present moment, Russian athletes have won 12 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze medals.
The Olympic Games in Brazil’s Rio will end on August 21. Ishchenko told journalists Russian synchronized duets must be three times better than their rivals if they want to win.
“Our coaches liked our performance in the final. The marks were high, so everything is fine. Every year is hard for us; the Olympic year was also difficult," Ishchenko said.
“We work a lot. We felt enormous responsibility prior to the Olympic Games. Russia has strong opponents and everybody expects Russian synchronized duets to win. We should live up to these expectations if we once set the bar so high. We should be three times better than our rivals,” she stressed.
The victorious duo have a reputation for combining extreme precision with originality, but in Rio they opted to use the same mermaid choreography that had won them gold four years ago. The routine is so dear to them that they had the music specially written for it for the Games. “Sometimes people call us mermaids and ask us if we have gills, so we are really comfortable with this routine,” said Romashina.
Discussing the pressure that comes with the expectation placed on Russian synchronised swimmers, Ishchenko said: “Psychologically it’s very hard because we understand that we’re always expected to win. We set the bar so high already and obviously we cannot drop it.... .”

 

Ischenko and Romashina crowned again

Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina of Russia successfully defended their Olympic title in the synchronised swimming duets event on Tuesday, report agencies from RIO De Janeioro. The duo continued Russias unbroken streak of gold medals in the event since the country first participated in it in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina maintained Russias long unbeaten record in the Olympic synchronised swimming duet competition, outscoring their Chinese and Japanese rivals to retain the title they won at London 2012 and extend their countrys golden streak to five editions of the Games. The pair earned a final score of 194.9910 points Rio, with Chinas Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan pocketing silver with a total of 192.3688 and Japans Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui taking bronze with 188.0547. In claiming back-to-back golds, the Russian now move level with compatriots Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova on a record two Olympic titles in the event. As of the present moment, Russian athletes have won 12 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze medals. The Olympic Games in Brazils Rio will end on August 21. Ishchenko told journalists Russian synchronized duets must be three times better than their rivals if they want to win. Our coaches liked our performance in the final. The marks were high, so everything is fine. Every year is hard for us; the Olympic year was also difficult, Ishchenko said. We work a lot. We felt enormous responsibility prior to the Olympic Games. Russia has strong opponents and everybody expects Russian synchronized duets to win. We should live up to these expectations if we once set the bar so high. We should be three times better than our rivals, she stressed. The victorious duo have a reputation for combining extreme precision with originality, but in Rio they opted to use the same mermaid choreography that had won them gold four years ago. The routine is so dear to them that they had the music specially written for it for the Games. Sometimes people call us mermaids and ask us if we have gills, so we are really comfortable with this routine, said Romashina. Discussing the pressure that comes with the expectation placed on Russian synchronised swimmers, Ishchenko said: Psychologically its very hard because we understand that were always expected to win. We set the bar so high already and obviously we cannot drop it.... .