Olympic Synchronized Swimming
The synchronized swimming competition at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics will take place from August 18 to August 23 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.
The synchronized swimming competition at the Olympic games is competed in by only women, in duet and team events. The host nation may qualify one team automatically, while the remaining spots in both the team and duet categories are decided by qualifying events and tournaments.
Medals will be awarded in the categories of duet and team synchronized swimming.
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Where do these athletes find their inspiration? Who knows. But if we can harness just a fraction of their cheer, we could power Beijing for a month. Ya know? Come on science, get on it. Bianca Van Der Velden and Sonja Van Der Velden of Netherlands compete in the Synchronised Swimming Duet Technical Routine event at the National Aquatics Center on Day 10 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 18, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images AsiaPac...
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(BEIJING, August 20) -- Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova (RUS) lived up to their No.1 ranking, winning their third Olympic gold medal in Synchronized Swimming, at the National Aquatics Center on August 20. The results mirrored the Melbourne 2007 World Championships with the top eight teams finishing in the same order. Davydova and Ermakova, who won Duet and Team gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, were Beijing gold favorites. The pair held a 0.416 lead over second-placed Spain...
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They didn't have to wait for the Spanish or the Russians to complete their routines.
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BEIJING : Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova share the same first name, age, height, weight and hometown.
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The Canadian synchronized swimming duet of Isabelle Rampling of Burlington, Ont., and Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon of Riviere-du-Loup, Que., held on to sixth spot after the free program at the Beijing Olympics on ...
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BEIJING : Test results for the synchronized swimming event from the Summer Olympics: Duet 1, Cuba , , 98.899. 2, Spain , , 96.977. 3, Fiji , , 95.553. 4, Britain , , 94.569. Team 1, Argentina , 64.784. 2, ...
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Russia has won the team event and swept both gold medals in synchronized swimming for the third consecutive Olympics.
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USA's duet team of Christina Jones, left, and Andrea Nott, right, compete during the final of the duet free routine in synchronized swimming during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing Wednesday, Aug.
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Russia has won the team event and swept both gold medals in synchronized swimming for the third consecutive Olympics.
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BEIJING : Russia placed first in the technical routine of the synchronized swimming team event Friday, staying on course to sweep both the duet and team event for the third straight Olympics.
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Emiko Suzuki and Saho Harada captured the bronze medal in synchronized swimming on Wednesday, while Russia underlined its dominance of the event with victory in the duet final at the Beijing Olympics.
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