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Singapore's national artistic swimming team looking to improve in formations, underwater moves
Singapore's national artistic swimming team looking to improve in formations, underwater moves

CNA

time10 hours ago

  • Sport
  • CNA

Singapore's national artistic swimming team looking to improve in formations, underwater moves

Singapore's national artistic swimming team are looking to improve in areas such as better formations and underwater movements. The team were only put together about a year ago to prepare for the World Aquatics Championships and only started training in earnest at the end of last year after exams. Singapore finished 23rd out of 26 teams in the Team Technical preliminaries. Alif Amsyar reports. Singapore's national artistic swimming team are looking to improve in areas such as better formations and underwater movements. The team were only put together about a year ago to prepare for the World Aquatics Championships and only started training in earnest at the end of last year after exams. Singapore finished 23rd out of 26 teams in the Team Technical preliminaries. Alif Amsyar reports.

World Aquatics Championships: China's Xu, Lin twins make strong start to artistic events
World Aquatics Championships: China's Xu, Lin twins make strong start to artistic events

South China Morning Post

time3 days ago

  • Sport
  • South China Morning Post

World Aquatics Championships: China's Xu, Lin twins make strong start to artistic events

China's Xu Huiyan dominated the start of the artistic swimming competition at the World Aquatics Championships on Friday, underlining her position as pre-event favourite. Advertisement The 19-year-old, who won five gold medals at the World Cup Super Final last month, was head and shoulders above her rivals in the solo technical discipline, as she began her bid for a first world title. Xu posted a score of 265.8984 in the preliminary round, with Vasilina Khandoshka second in 254.8200 and Spain's Iris Tio Casas who scored 253.7691. On a day when she was comfortably better than her rivals, Xu's only issue, other than the 'motivation and pressure' that came from being the favourite, was performing her routine in a cold pool. 'It was a pretty stable showing,' Xu said. 'I was a little nervous before the performance, because the water temperature here is a little lower than I'm used to. I was concerned if it would affect my ability to perform certain moves. Advertisement 'The pool temperature is lower than what we train in at home. It'll be important to make sure I warm up well.'

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