Ishchenko, Romashina and their coach Tatiana Danchenko mentioned that they will create two new duet programmes for the Olympics. They want to surprise the audience and the judges every time they appear in the pool.

Quotes

Gold Medalist Svetlana Romashina (RUS): "My 18th victory can't be considered a common one since every medal is special in its own way. I have a special shelf at home for medals from all the world championships. Every medal has a story behind it: how they were won, how much I worked for it, how much effort I made. When we win a medal, we try not to fixate on it and move on, work hard, train and participate in other competitions. We are common girls, no one counts our gold medals. You should just be a good person.”

Gold Medalist Natalia Ishchenko (RUS): “Yes, we received an extreme amount of points. And even the artistic impression got 10 points. So, that means that everyone liked our routine. Our coach Tatiana Danchenko is satisfied with our result. It's very nice to perform in front of so many spectators. After I had given birth to my child, I realized that I would go back to the sport only if I could perform at the same level as before. And I felt that I was ready to do that.”

Silver medalist Huang Huechen (CHN): “We are very happy! We managed to perform at a very good level. There is nothing bad about another silver medal. Of course, we would like to achieve more in the future. Our dream is to win gold medals. We will work harder to make it happen.”


Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina - Photo credit: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia

Bronze medalist Lolita Ananasova (UKR): “It was a hard work for us. And to stand on the pedestal with such great athletes after we were fourth in the preliminaries is a great achievement for us. The Russian and the Chinese duets are very strong. We believe we are a little closer to their level now. Our coaches are so self-confident and they believe in us. Moreover they won’t let us rest. They say we need to fight till the end in spite of all our mistakes and opinions. We believe we’ve succeeded!”

Bronze medalist Anna Voloshina's (UKR): “We didn’t expect we would get such great support. A lot of people believe in us. It’s so nice. We are not lonely here. We performed to the music of “Romeo and Juliet”. The first part is about love, and the second part is about two families fighting each other, but the love still wins.”