Team Canada places 7th in technical program at FINA Junior World Championships

The Team Technical program was the only event on the schedule on Friday at the World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships. A fast-paced routine lasting just under 3 minutes in which 8 athletes perform a series of pre-determined technical elements, the technical program featured entries from 20 countries in Budapest.

Swimming to music taken from chase scenes in the movie The Italian Job (2003), Team Canada delivered a powerful and energetic performance, earning a score of 84.4921 and the 7^th position.

Russia and Ukraine, who have respectively earned gold and silver in all events so far at these Championships, continued their dominance and came in first and second place. Japan came third and earned its 4^th bronze medal since the beginning of the week at Duna Arena.

The swimmers representing Canada in today’s Team Technical event were:

ATHLETE NAME	HOMETOWN	CLUB
ARMSTRONG, Emily	Scarborough, ON	Regional Training Centre – Ontario
BARRETT, Catherine	St. John’s, NL	Regional Training Centre – Ontario
CZARKOWSKI, Jaime	Calgary, AB	Calgary Aquabelles
FINN, Scarlett	Toronto, ON	Regional Training Centre – Ontario
GAUTHIER, Mikaëlle	Gatineau, QC	Dollard Synchro
HOPPER, Paige	Calgary, AB	Calgary Aquabelles
REGNIER, Jaiden	Mactaquac, NB	Regional Training Centre – Ontario
SPOTT, Emma	Toronto, ON	Regional Training Centre – Ontario
[R] HOFFMANN, Teah	Calgary, AB	Calgary Aquabelles
[R] STREMLAW, Kristin	Ottawa, ON	Regional Training Centre – Ontario
[R] WINKELAAR, Cassandra	Calgary, AB	Calgary Aquabelles