FINA WJSSC2016: team Russia finishes first in combination preliminary round

The Russian national junior team placed first in the combination preliminaries to advance to the final, which is scheduled to be held on July 13.

The Russian team managed to earn the highest score and qualified for the final. Anastasia ARKHIPOVSKAIA, Mayya GURBANBERDIEVA, Daria ISLAMOVA, Polina KOMAR, Anna LARKINA, Milena MARETICH, Mariia NEMCHINOVA, Alfia NIGMATULLINA, Varvara SUBBOTINA and Karina TASHAGADZHIEVA were awarded 90.9333 points, Team China ranked second (90.3333), Japan ended up in third place (88.3667).

15th FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships

Combination. Preliminary round

1. Russia (Anastasia ARKHIPOVSKAIA, Mayya GURBANBERDIEVA, Daria ISLAMOVA, Polina KOMAR, Anna LARKINA, Milena MARETICH, Mariia NEMCHINOVA, Alfiya NIGMATULLINA, Varvara SUBBOTINA, Karina TASHAGADZHIEVA) – 90.9333

2. China (Yan CHEN, Wentao CHENG, Qingyuan CUI, Shiyi DAI, Jiayi FAN, Yu FENG, Ciyue WANG, Yunan XIANG, Qiaoyan HUANG, Qianxuan WU, Xinyi QIU, Zijun WANG) – 90.3333

3. Japan (Sakiko AKUTSU, Shirena DOGO, Keina FUJIYAMA, Yui KITAMURA, Natsuno KUMON, Kirara OYA, Miku SUDO, Kumi TAKIMIYA, Mashiro YASUNAGA, Michika YOSHINO, Karen ITO, Mizuho MUROKI) – 88.3667

4. Ukraine (Maryna ALEKSIIVA, Vladyslava ALEKSIIVA, Valeriia BEREZHNA, Veronika HRYSHKO, Oleksandra KOVALENKO, Yana NARIEZHNA, Alina SHYNKARENKO, Mariana SIERIKOVA, Kateryna TKACHOVA, Yelyzaveta YAKHNO, Anna NOSOVA, Mariia YAKUSHEVA) – 87.9000

5. Spain (Leyre ABADIA, Ariadna ARISO, Julia ECHEBERRIA, Raquel NAVARRO, Alisa OZHOGINA, Sara SALDANA, Irene TOLEDANO, Blanca TOLEDANO, Lidia VIGARA, Georgina VILADOT) – 86.2667.