FINA set to introduce mixed relay
China Daily | Updated: 2013-07-27 08:31
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Silver twins China's Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting compete en route to a silver medal in the duet free final of synchronized swimming at the world aquatics championships in Barcelona on Thursday. It was the second straight silver for the twin sisters after they finished behind Russia's Svetlana Romashina and Svetlana Kolesnichenko in technical duet. Romashina and Kolesnichenko took the gold in both events. Photo by Lluis Gene / Agence France-Presse |
Swimming fans will be able to watch the top male and female athletes competing on the same relay team at major championships after world governing body FINA agreed to introduce a mixed version of the event on Thursday.
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