Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan from China won the silver medal (93,3279), Japan Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui took the bronze (92,0079).
Speaking about the 17-time world championships Natalia Ishchenko, who has become a mom in 2013, she is on top form. Natalia and Svetlana told the journalists that they don’t feel like they had a time-out in duet performances for two years. The technical and mental unity is perfect. The solo and duet coach Tatiana Danchenko also admitted that sometimes she wonders how these two different in character and presentation solo girls can perform together in a duet, where they have to be like clones.
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Quotes
Gold medallist Natalia Ishchenko: ”I can’t say this is my
hardest victory because of my time-out and my come back. But it means a
lot for me as this is our home championship. Every athlete dreams of
performing in front of his native spectators. They supported us
fantastically. There have been a lot of victories in my career but it is
necessary to set new goals and look for motivation all the time. That’s
why we always try to improve, to create more complicated and original
programs”.
(On preparing for the Olympics) “Of course I will take
part in a group routine in Rio. This is the only way, because we have a
team of nine people. So I’m ready to increase my training lots to be
100 percent ready for the Olympic Games. Rio is my biggest motivation
since I came back into the sport after having a baby. I think that’s
good that I’m doing everything step by step”.