World Aquatics Championships: China claims two silver medals in artistic swimming

Singapore: China added two silver medals to their tally at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Monday, with 17-year-old Guo Muye placing second in the men’s solo free routine and twin sisters Lin Yanhan and Lin Yanjun finishing runners-up in the women’s duet technical final.  In the preliminaries, the Lin sisters had ranked second overall with a score of 301.0933 points, securing their place in the 12-pair final. Performing a routine themed “Warriors of Moon Shadow”, Lin Yanhan and Lin Yanjun earned 301.4057 points for the silver, finishing behind Austrian sisters Anna-Maria and Eirini-Marina Alexandri. The bronze medal went to neutral athletes Mayya Doroshko and Tatiana Gayday, reports Xinhua.

Earlier on Sunday, China delivered a flawless performance in the artistic swimming team free routine, earning the top spot on the podium. China’s eight-strong team scored 348.4779 points in the final with their performance, themed “Gravitation”, after having earned 338.2167 in the preliminary round, outshining competitors including Spain and Japan.

It marked China’s second gold medal in artistic swimming at this tournament, following Xu Huiyan’s historic triumph in the women’s solo technical event on Saturday. The result further underlined China’s depth and consistency in artistic swimming, which has steadily grown into a global powerhouse over the past decade. Chinese swimmers have frequently stood atop the podium in recent international competitions. Japan took silver with a score of 334.7232, while Spain secured bronze with 321.1328. (IANS)

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