FINA World Championships 2019

France's Charlotte Tremble and France's Laura Tremble compete in the women's duet free artistic swimming event during the 2019 World Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on July 16, 2019. Reuters Evngelia Paltanioti of Greece performs during the Women's Solo Technical Artistic Swimming Preliminary at the 2019 Fina World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, 12 July 2019. EPA Britain's Thomas Daley and Matthew Lee compete in the men's 10m platform synchro diving final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 15, 2019. AP South Korea's Cho Eun-bi and Moon Na-yun during the women's 10m synchro platform competitions at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Sunday, July 14, 2019. AP Haruka Enomoto and Hazuki Miyamoto of Japan compete in the preliminary of the women's 3 meter synchronized springboard diving competition at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 15, 2019. AP Spain's team compete in the highlight routine artistic swimming final during the 2019 World Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on July 15, 2019. AFP Georgia Sheehan of Australia competes during the women's 1 meter springboard diving final competition at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Saturday, July 13, 2019. AP Belarus perform their routine in the artistic swimming team technical preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Sunday, July 14, 2019. AP Spain's team compete in the highlight routine artistic swimming final during the 2019 World Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on July 15, 2019. AFP China's Lu Wei competes during the preliminary of the women's 10m platform competitions at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. AP Germany's Marlene Bojer competes in the solo technical artistic swimming event during the 2019 World Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on July 12, 2019. AFP Bulgaria's Aleksandra Atanasova performs her routine in the artistic swimming solo free preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 15, 2019. AP Germany's Marlene Bojer performs her routine in the artistic swimming solo free preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 15, 2019. AP China's Huang Xuechen and China's Sun Wenyan compete in the duet technical art istic swimming event during the 2019 World Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on July 12, 2019. AFP Brazil's Renan Souza and Giovana Stephan perform during the artistic swimming mixed duet technical preliminaries at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Saturday, July 13, 2019. AP Spain's Ona Carbonell performs her routine in the artistic swimming solo free preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 15, 2019. AP Italy compete in the highlight team final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 15, 2019. AP Russia's Svetlana Romashina performs her routine in the artistic swimming solo free preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 15, 2019. AP  France compete in the highlight team final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 15, 2019. AP Japan's Yukiko Inui and Megumu Yoshida perform their routine in the artistic swimming duet free preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. AP Austria’s Anna-Maria Alexandri and Eirini Alexandri perform their routine women’s duet technical final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Reuters  Spain's Emma Garcia Garcia and Spain's Pau Ribes compete in the mixed duet technical artistic swimming event during the 2019 World Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on July 13, 2019. AFP Swimmers reach for drink bottles while competing in the men's 10km open water swim at the World Swimming Championships in Yeosu, South Korea, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. AP Michael Brinegar of the U.S. competes in the men's 5km open water final swim at the World Swimming Championships in Yeosu, South Korea, Saturday, July 13, 2019. Reuters  Italy perform their routine in the artistic swimming team technical preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Sunday, July 14, 2019. AP Second place finisher Logan Fontaine of France, left, and third place finisher Eric Hedlin of Canada react after competing in the men's 5km open water swim at the World Swimming Championships in Yeosu, South Korea, Saturday, July 13, 2019. AP Russia's Mayya Gurbanberdieva and Aleksandr Maltsev perform during the artistic swimming mixed duet technical preliminaries at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Saturday, July 13, 2019. AP Evangelia Platanioti of Greece performs her routine in the artistic swimming solo free preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 15, 2019. AP

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