LONDON (Reuters) - A routine playing on folk themes and military music took defending champions Russia to the top of the synchronised swimming scoreboard after Thursday's technical round, leading a group of eight teams battling for Olympic gold.
World champions Russia, who have won Olympic gold in the team segment of synchronised swimming since the Sydney Games in 2000, scored 98.1 points out of a possible 100 for their technical routine, in which teams of eight swimmers dance a sequence that includes a list of required moves.
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