Russia completes synchronized sweep

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Russia completed a sweep of the Olympic synchronized swimming gold medals for the second straight Games Saturday. Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova won the duet gold medal on Thursday and were part of the eight-woman squad that won the team title Saturday. The team final competition was marred by the collapse of Japanese swimmer Hiromi Kobayashi. She slumped to the deck... [read full story]                    

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