This is how the phenomenal World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championship went down – PHOTOS!

As reported earlier, the spectacular World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championship was organised in Hungary this year. The event took place in the Duna Aréna in Budapest, between July 18th and 22nd.

Day 1

The 1st day of the 16th FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championship kicked off with a great start, not necessarily for Hungarians, though. According to mszusz.hu, the Russian Varvara Subbotina stole the limelight by winning the solo technical event as well as the freestyle performance in the evening, gaining two gold medals for the Russian team all in the same day.

Freestyle performance results:

1. Varvara Subbotina (Russia) – 93.5667 points
2. Marta Fiedina (Ukraine) – 90.7667 points
3. Mana Fujiwara (Japan) – 88.3333 points.

During the opening ceremony, students of the Experidance Dance Academy gave a spectacular performance next to the pools, while ‘mermaids’ mesmerised the audience in the water.

Among the people giving speeches was Lisa Schott, the Canadian Ambassador of the National Swimming Association’s synchronised swimming technical jury,

who emphasised the high quality of the water sports events organised in Hungary – the number of which is on the rise.

Day 2

In the centre of the second day were all the duos. 35 of them battled in the freestyle program this past Thursday, including the Hungarian Janka Dávid and Szabina Hungler. The girls finished with great results on the top of the list of the semi-finals.

Their achievement is remarkable considering they managed to score more points and a better place among European countries than just three weeks before, during the Tampere European Championship.

Although they did not get into the finals this year and finished at 14th out of the 33 duos, the progress they made in a short time between the two competitions is remarkable and an indication of their continuous improvement. The gold medal went to the Russian team again.

The freestyle duo event results are as follows:

1. Alina Mantulenko, Mihail Vassiliev (Russia) – 85.1333 points
2. Csang Ji-Gao, Sze Hao-jü (China) – 81.4667 points
3. Miyauchi Kana, Iwasaki Dzsimma (Japan) – 80.7667 points.

Day 3

Friday, the third day of the Championship was relatively chill, as there was an award ceremony in only one category – the group technical event. Unsurprisingly, the gold medal went to the Russian team, but the Hungarians should be proud of their firm place as 14th, too.