China leads artistic swimming at Hangzhou Asiad

HANGZHOU, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The artistic swimming competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games opened on Friday with China taking the lead in both duet technical routine and team acrobatic routine.

China's twin sisters Wang Qianyi and Wang Liuyi, heavy favorites for the duet gold, scored 266.5767 to rank first in the duet technical routine. Japan's 16-year-old Moe Higa and her partner Mashiro Yasunaga, who won gold