The acrobatic section was closer but again it was China who led. United States were second to guarantee themselves silver.

There will be a new Olympic champion in Paris. China will expect to win a gold medal here. The weakness could be the technical

Russia were absolutely dominant in this event, proving their status as pre-event favourites to be correct. They led in both

Kolesnichenko/Romashina (Russia) led qualification by over three points. They scored over 97 points in both the free and technical