London 2012 synchronized swimming

Saturday 4 August 2012

London 2012 synchronized swimming | London 2012 Olympics

London Olympics 2012 | London 2012 Synchronized Swimming

London: Synchronized Swimming Duets events are going to start today at the 2012 London Olympics with world's top athletes in action.
The duo of Jenna Randall, 23, and Olivia Federici, 22, of the Great Britain are confident and welcome sudden exposure at the Olympic Games.

Its great for our sport to have that because Synchronized Swimming hasn't been popular in Great Britain until they had the London 2012 Games here, Randall said.

Both athletes are part of Britain's eight-strong squad, including Randall's father Asha, who will start the Team competition on Thursday.

Hopefully with this Olympics we'll have more children joining in and desirous to participate in Synchronised Swimming. So it's a great journey for our sport to have that support and people watching.
Randall and Federici competed together in a Duet at Beijing 2008 and came 14th, and last year were ranked ninth in the World Championships.
Federici said: It's going to be positive knowing that everyone's behind you, everyone desires you to do well. Hopefully it will give us an additional boost.

Key challengers for medals could be Russia, the USA, Canada and Japan, who have all done well at earlier Olympic Games.

Schedule of London 2012 Synchronized Swimming:

05 August – 3.00pm BST: Duets Preliminary (2/2)

06 August – 3.00pm BST: Duets Preliminary (1/2)

07 August – 3.00pm BST: Duets Free Routine – Final

09 August – 3.00pm BST: Teams Technical Routine

10 August – 3.00pm BST: Teams Free Routine – Final