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Twins makes breakthrough for synchronized swimming

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Mar¹.21 - Twin sisters Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen brought the Chinese synchronized² swimming into a new level with their fourth place in the duet technical routine³ in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen came to Melbourne with their newly⁴ collected title from the Doha Asian Games last December.

In their first duet show at the World Championships, the 20-year-old twin finished fourth with 96.333 points in the preliminary⁵ on Saturday and kept the same spot in the final on Tuesday with 96.000 points.

"We have pulled out all the stops," said Jiang Wenwen, "we even skipped the lunch for training today."

It was the best result that the Chinese synchronized swimming team achieved at World Championships and Olympic Games.

In the two major competitions, China had never been ranked higher than sixth either in the duet or in the team event.

But the sisters still had some regrets for the final. "We performed not bad," said Jiang Wenwen, "But we played better in the preliminary.

"While doing a compulsory⁶ movement in the final, my leg shook a little."

The Chinese team's head coach Masayo Imura also felt regretful for her swimmers. "They should have performed better. I didn't set any goal for them before the competition. I just hope that they could show themselves well."

Being famed as the "godmother" of the Japanese synchronized swimming, Imura signed a contract⁷ with the Chinese team after the Doha Asian Games where China unheraldedly dethroned long-time Asian No. 1 Japan in both team and duet events.

"Their personalities⁸ and bodyshapes are as excellent as those world-class synchronized swimmers," Imura talked about the twin. "But they lack of strength. Meanwhile, they need to improve their skills."

Imura admitted that the duo still need to make progresses so as to catch up swimmers from the traditional powerhouses Russia, Japan and Spain. But Jiang Wenwen is confident that one day they will among the best.

"Our aim is to get closer to the Russian swimmers," said Jiang Wenwen, "We will try our best for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Game and I believe that we have the potentials to be among the best."

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1 mar
vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟
参考例句：
It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。 Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 synchronized
同步的
参考例句：
Do not use the synchronized keyword in Managed Objects. 不要在管理对象上使用synchronized关键字。来自互联网 The timing of the gun was precisely synchronized with the turning of the plane's propeller. 风门的调速与飞机螺旋桨的转动精确同步。来自辞典例句

3 routine
n.例行公事，惯例；adj.例行的，常规的
参考例句：
It is everyday routine.这是每天的例行公事。 She found the hospital routine slightly dull.她感到医院的工作有点枯燥乏味。

4 newly
adv.新近，最近；重新，再度；以新的方式
参考例句：
Have you reviewed for this newly published novel?你给这本新出版的小说写书评了吗？ It is a newly planted tree and it has not established yet.这是一颗新栽的树，还没有扎下根来。

5 preliminary
n.初步行动，准备，初步措施；adj.初步的，开始的，预备的
参考例句：
They are taking preliminary steps in preparation for a possible war.他们正在为应付一场可能的战争做初步的准备。 A physical examination is a preliminary to joining the army.体格检查是参军的初步。

6 compulsory
n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的
参考例句：
Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？ Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。

7 contract
n.合同，契约，婚约；v.使缩短，感染，订约
参考例句：
The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。 I'm under contract to teach here for one year.我按照聘约要在这里教一年书。

8 personalities
n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击；人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )
参考例句：
There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。 Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

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