| Russian team during the free combination final of the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, March 18, 2007. By winning the gold medal, the 10 competitors gave a lesson of technique and elegance to the main challengers in the pool, and finally collected seven 9.9 and two perfect 10 from the judges. Another Russian athlete Larisa Ilchenko won the women's 5km race earlier that day. Two out of three gold medals on the first day of the event were conquered by Russian athletes. (Xinhua) |
