PARIS – Wang Qianyi and Wang Liuyi of China have become the new queens of synchronized swimming during a tournament of premieres at the Aquatics Centre.
The twin won both the duet and team events, helping China win its first Olympic gold medals in synchronized swimming, which has been dominated by Russia since Sydney 2000.
Also breaking new ground were the silver medallists in the duet from Great Britain, Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe, and the Dutch twins Bregje de Brouwer and Noortje de Brouwer (NED), who took bronze, taking home their nations’ first medals in the sport.
In the team event, which featured an acrobatic routine for the first time at the Olympic Games, the USA returned to the Olympic podium by winning the silver medal for the first time since 1996. Spain won the bronze medal for the first time since 2012, proving that the new rule changes have added more unpredictability and excitement to the competition.
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Image source: : Members of Team USA compete in the team free skate on the eleventh day of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)
“You see marathon runners, and at the end of the race they’re covered in pee and vomit and they barely cross the finish line. So for us it’s an artistic sport, so we have to present ourselves and make everything look effortless, which of course it’s not.”
– Anita Alvarez (USA) on the importance of appearance in a demanding sport.
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Image source: Silver medalists Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe of Team Great Britain (left) celebrate as gold medalists Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi of Team People’s Republic of China (centre) and bronze medalists Bregje de Brouwer and Noortje de Brouwer of Team Netherlands (right) applaud on the podium after the Duet Free Skating on Day 15 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Four pairs of twins competed for medals at the duet competition in Paris 2024. Only the twins from China and the Netherlands reached the podium after Great Britain gave the sisters a clear victory.
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