Russians make fine start

Russia's two Anastasias, Davydova and Ermakova, completed the duet technical routine qualifying at the top position on Sunday. The European champion pair was awarded the mark of 98.833 after a superb two minutes and 30 seconds performance at the Olympic A

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Behind Davydova and Ermakova, whose top spot was all but a surprise, came Japanese Olympic and world silver medallists Miya Tachibana and Miho Takeda with 98.000.

Third was the American pair of Bartosik and Koslova, ahead of Spain's Gemma and Mengual and France's Dedieu and Thibaud.

The duet free routine qualifying takes place on Tuesday evening, while the duet final will be on Wednesday.

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