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SAINT-DENIS, France — With Russia out of the way, China is the new force in Olympic artistic swimming. Twins Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi gave their country another gold in the sport formerly known as synchro, winning the duet competition at the Paris Games. The Wangs built a lead in the technical routine on Friday, and carried that momentum to a free routine Saturday dubbed "Gravitation," performed to music by Dutch DJ Junkie XL and German film score composer Hans Zimmer. They received a total of 566.4783 points, holding off two teams that claimed the first artistic swimming medals for their countries. Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe of Britain earned the silver. Dutch twins Noortje and Bregje de Brouwer took bronze.
