Ukrainians Marina and Vladislava Alekseev became the winners of the second stage of the Artistic Swimming World Cup, which takes place in the French city of Montpellier.

Ukrainian women won the free program with a score of 370. 2791 points. The Alekseev sisters were ahead of the tandem from Japan Moe Higa and Mashiro Yasunaga (334.0125) and the English women Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe (324.3958).

It should be noted that in France, another medal was brought to Ukraine by Marta Fedina, who won silver in the solo technical program..

For Marina and Vladislava, this award was the third at the 2023 World Cup.

Alekseev sisters are one of the best Ukrainian synchronized swimmers.

They are bronze medalists of the 2020 Olympics as part of the team and have become European champions nine times.

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..

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