Ishchenko and Romashina maintain Russian success

Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina continued Russian domination of Synchronised Swimming with gold in the Duets on Day 11.

The Russian duo were in a class of their own with a haunting routine inspired by horror films Surprisia and Sleepy Hollow.

They scored 98.900 points today - just 1.100 off perceived perfection - which, when added to their technical score, gave them a combined total of 197.100 out of a maximum 200.

Spain were second, 4.200 behind, having leapfrogged China in the battle for silver and bronze medals.