Ukrainian synchronized swimmers won the gold of the European Aquatics Championship in the free duet program.

The final performance of the sisters Marina and Vladislava Alekseev was rated by the judges at 94. 7333 points, which allowed them to become European champions.

The silver of the tournament was won by athletes from the Austrian team, and the bronze went to the Italians.

Note that this gold was the fourth for Ukrainian women at the tournament in Rome..

Prior to this, the Ukrainian team won gold in artistic swimming in the technical group program, Marta Fedina won the gold award in the technical solo program, and the Ukrainian team won in the highlight.

Synchronized swimming is a water sport associated with the performance of various figures in the water to the music.. In 2017, the International Swimming Federation renamed Synchronized Swimming to Artistic Swimming in order to increase the popularity of this sport..

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian national team won the gold of the World Artistic Swimming Championship.