China claims sixth straight artistic swimming team title with debut of new routine

NAGOYA, Japan, Sept 28 (Xinhua) -- China topped all three artistic swimming team routines at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday to claim the team title and extend its winning streak in the discipline to six consecutive editions.

China opened Monday's competition with its "Soul of the Terracotta Warriors" acrobatic routine, posting 246.0977 points to top the standings. The team had already led the technical routine on Sunday with 312.1990 points for a performance inspired by the Chinese video game Black Myth: Wukong, in which the swimmers wore golden headbands and portrayed the protagonist Sun Wukong.

Head coach Zhang Xiaohuan said the "Wukong" program marked its competitive farewell.