USA Today · Aug 19, 2016
The Latest: Russia has synchronized swimming team event gold
(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
1:10 p.m.
MEDAL ALERT: Russia has earned synchronized swimming gold in the team event at the Rio Olympics.
The Russian free routine, performed in angel costumes to the sound of dramatic string music, earned a near-perfect score of 99.1333 for a total of 196.1439.
Russia adds team gold to the duet title won by Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina on Tuesday, and has not been beaten in an Olympic synchronized swimming event since 1996. Ishchenko and Romashina also were members of the Russian team Friday and collect their fifth career gold medals.