Twin sisters question synchro swimming results

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Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting have been told the result of Wednesday’s competition stands despite their complaints that the judges made mistakes which saw them take a disappointing bronze. The world championship runners up are retiring, and they described the episode as the darkest of their careers.

The twins of Sichuan performed the Swan in the duet free routine final, which helped them win silver in Barcelona last month.

The twins’ great performance earned them a score of 95-point-188 and were sitting second only zero-point.13 behind the team from Guangdong province.

But the next performers from the host province got 95.801 points and jumped to the top of the leaderboard. leaving the Jiangs in third and Guangdong with silver. They disagree with the judges verdict and have appealed to the games committee but were told the result stands.

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