Chinese twin sisters Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting shocked their strongest rivals Japanese by claiming first gold for the country in the duet synchronized swimming at the 15th Asian Games in Doha on Friday.
Performing as the Goddess of the Wind, the 23-year-old Chinese showed a perfect free routine, totaling in 96.584 points ahead of Japanese duo Saho Harada/Emiko Suzuki 96.501.
The Chinese twins stopped Japan's unbeaten run at the Asian Games as Japan have won every gold medal in the synchronized swimming since it was introduced to the Asian Games on home turf in Hiroshima in 1994.
Suffering from a lifting mistake at the beginning, Harada / Suzuki had to settle for the silver. Anna Kulkina/Arna Toktagan Arna of Kazakhstan and Cho Moung Kyoung/Kim Min Jeong of South Korea finished third and fourth in 89.668 and 86.751 respectively.
Coming from Sichuan province, Jiang Wenwen said: "We are satisfied with our performance. We performed more relaxed and focused in the free routine compared with the technical round in the morning. "
"It is the first gold won by Chinese synchronized swimmers. We are very, very happy! Our aim is to get better results in tomorrow 's team event," added Jiang Tingting.