London 2012 synchronised swimming - in pictures

Andrea Fuentes Fache and Ona Carbonell Ballestero of Spain start their performance Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA Nadine Brandl and Livia Lang of Austria Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images Australia's Sarah Bombell and Eloise Amberger Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images Mi Hyang Jang and Hui Yon Jong of North Korea Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Nadine Brandl and Livia Lang of Austria Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images Nayara Figueira and Lara Teixeira of Brazil Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Sona Bernadova and Alzbeta Dufkova of the Czech Republic Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Switzerland's Anja Nyffeler and Pamela Fischer Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images Brazil's Lara Teixeira and Brazil's Nayara Figueira Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images North Korea's Jang Hyang Mi and Jong Yon Hui Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images Defending gold medallists Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina of Russia Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina Photograph: Patrick B. Kraemer/EPA Photograph: Patrick B Kraemer/EPA Olivia Federici and Jenna Randall of Great Britain Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images Canada's Marie Pier Boudreau Gagnon and Elise Marcotte Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images