Twin girls display promise in pool

Identical twins Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen showed they are capable of a breakthrough podium finish in the women's synchronized swimming duet at the coming Games when they took silver at an Olympic qualifier in Beijing, on Friday.

Spain's world champions Gemma Mengual and Andrea Fuentes took gold with a combined score of 97.667 points. Japanese pair Harada Saho and Suzuki Emiko grabbed bronze.

As China has already automatically booked a berth at the Games as the host nation, Mengual/ Fuentes, Saho/Emiko and the fourth-placed Canadian pair Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon and Isabelle Rampling are just one step away from taking the three places on offer at the tournament, if they stay on course after Saturday's team competition.