| Boudreau-Gagnon and Marcotte fourth in duet at FINA World Aquatic Championships |
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SHANGHAI – Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon of Riviere-du-Loup, Que., and Elise Marcotte of l’Ancienne-Lorette, Que., placed fourth in the free duet event in Friday’s synchronized swimming competition at the FINA World Aquatic Championships. Natalia Ischenko and Svetlana Romashina of Russia took the gold at 98.410 points, Tingting Jiang and Wenwen Jiang of China were second at 96.810 and Ona Carbonell and Andrea Fuentes of Spain third at 96.500. It was a fifth gold for Ischenko. Boudreau-Gagnon and Marcotte, performing to music from Metallica, followed at 94.950. Canada has a bronze and five fourth place finishes so far in synchronized swimming at the world championships. ‘’Our challenge was to do better than in preliminaries and we succeeded,’’ said Boudreau-Gagnon. ‘’We were technically strong and made no errors in synchronization. Elise and I have never been this fit and we showed our full potential today. It was a big step towards the London Olympics.’’ Marcotte agreed that Canada made a big impression today. ‘’We wanted to show the world we are a strong pair,’’ said Marcotte. ‘’We’ve closed the gap on the competition. The Russians are doing a lot of amazing things and we have a lot to learn from them. But there also some things we can do better now.’’ Competition ends Saturday with the team free competition. Canada is fourth after Wednesday’s preliminaries. About Synchro Canada Synchro Canada is the national organization governing synchronized swimming in Canada. It represents 10 provincial associations, a territorial association, as well as some 150 clubs and 12,000 members across Canada. A member of FINA, the world’s governing aquatic sports organization, Synchro Canada promotes the quest for excellence by developing the athletes, citizens and ambassadors of the sport of synchronized swimming at every level. Synchro Canada would like to thank its sponsors: Official partners: Epiderma Program partners: Sport Canada, Own The Podium, B2ten, the Centre national multisport-Montréal Official suppliers: Speedo, Knox Gelatine, AdUp, MKI Travel, National Car Rental Official hotel: Hilton Hotels Canada Official Charity Partner: Plan Canada’s Because I am A Girl Program For further information, visit Synchro Canada’s Website at www.synchro.ca or follow Synchro Canada on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. 2011 FINA World Aquatic Championships section Athletes bios, media guide, a link to high resolution pictures and full results are availables through the special section of the 2011 FINA World Aquatic Championships on our Website: http://www.synchro.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=156&Itemid=80&lang=english. Media Conference Call Synchronized swimming athletes of the day will be available after every day of competition in a media conference call also including athletes from diving, swimming and water-polo. North American Toll-Free Dial number is: 1-866-250-5144. HD Video Rights free HD Video newsreels from Shanghai including Flash Interviews with top performing athletes as well as B-Roll are also availables to media outlets free of charge via www.sendtonews.com. We strongly recommend signing up (free of charge) for the service prior to the start of the World Championships. For information: Patrick Godbout Synchro Canada Communications Manager Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Cell.: (514) 213-9897 Website : www.synchro.ca Facebook: Synchro Canada Twitter : www.twitter.com/synchrocanada |
