Russian synchronized swimmers won the group technical program at the

On August 4, the Russian synchronized swimming team won the second gold medal at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris, winning the group technical program.

"In the technical program, the girls turned out to be the strongest again," says a message on the Telegram channel of the Russian Federation of Water Sports.

The national team consisted of Ekaterina Kosova, Elizaveta Smirnova, Svetlana Pavlova, Olga Tyutyunik, Kira Cherezova, Valentina Gerasimova, Elena Shabanova, Alexandra Schmidt. The Russian athletes scored 303.2467 points for their performance. The second place was taken by the Spanish national team (296.4299), the third by the Italian team (284.6725).

Code errors: how our athletes started the World Aquatics Championships

Our synchronized swimmers have four medals, but so far not a single gold one.

The gold medal was Russia's second in this championship. The day before, the synchronized swimming team won the highest award in the free skate in the team.

Olympic champion and coach of the Russian national team Marina Golyadkina said that Russian athletes were able to prepare a complex team in a short time, which helped the team to win medals.