Russia’s absence boosts US hopes for Olympic gold in artistic swimming
FRANCE: Bolstered by the absence of favorites Russia, the United States will aim for the artistic swimming gold medal at the Paris Games after qualifying for the Olympic team event for the first time since 2008. The Americans punched their ticket to the Games after the world championships in Doha in February, in which they won two bronze medals. “It means so much to me, to the whole team and to the rest of the USA artistic swimming community as well. To those teams that came before us, to the people that fought but didn’t qualify,” Anita Alvarez told Reuters
