Inventive Swimming: US Claims Silver With Viral Moonwalk; China Repeats Gold
Whereas China repeated as gold medalists within the inventive swimming, the U.S. made historical past with its first medal within the sport since 2004 – and used an underwater moonwalk that went viral to get there.
China gained the gold medal with 996.1389 factors, which was greater than 81 factors forward of the U.S., which scored 914.3421 to earn the silver medal. Spain took the bronze medal with 900.7319 factors within the competitors, which spans three rounds – a technical routine, free routine and acrobatic routine. The scores are added up for the medals.
The U.S. put collectively a tough underwater moonwalk with a Michael Jackson-themed efficiency to the track “Clean Felony” on Monday with the crew’s toes up out of the water because the group moved in a moonwalk collectively.
That routine earned 282.7567. The U.S. then adopted up with an particularly sturdy efficiency in its free routine, incomes 360.2688 factors and shifting into second place.
The U.S. concluded with a “sorceress”-themed routine that put the crew into first with 914.3421 complete factors.
However China was nonetheless to efficiency, and put collectively a gold-medal successful efficiency.
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