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Medals all around! Plenty of gold, silver, bronze at worlds

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) Not everyone gets a medal at the world aquatic championships. It only seems that way.

A plethora of titles are being handed out along the banks of Danube, far more than are available at the Olympics, though there are some downright puzzling events.

Anyone up for some solo synchronized swimming?

”I get many questions online,” Russia’s Svetlana Kolesnichenko said through a translator, after capturing the gold medal Wednesday in the solo free event. ”The question is: What is the synchronicity in (solo) synchronized swimming? My answer would be: It’s a different type of work.