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  Good Luck Beijing  2008-04-19 18:34:00
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(Beijing, 19 April) - Comments from Federica Tommasi (ITA), Nekataria-Georgia Ramnioti (GRE), Evanthia Makrygianni (GRE), Ganna Khmelnitska (UKR), Yuliya Maryanko (UKR) and Anna Bagirova (UKR) after team free routine final of the Olympic Games Synchronised Swimming Qualification Tournament 2008 at the National Aquatics Center.

Federica Tommasi (ITA) - 4th place

On the Canadian team:
"Our biggest rival is the Canadian team, and it's really a high-level team. However, we have always studied their routine, learned from their experience and tried to correct all the errors in our performance."

On their future plans:
"If we get qualified for the Olympic Games finally, that would be our next goal of course."

Nekataria-Georgia Ramnioti (GRE) - 6th place

On their feelings on not qualifying for the 2008 Olympic games:
"It is OK, we were not expecting to take top eight."

On their performance:
"Even though we did not qualify we are very satisfied with our performance."

On having the same team at the next Olympic trails:
"We really don't know if we will have the same team, but most likely you will see the same girls."

On preparing for the next Olympics:
"We will still have hard training."

Evanthia Makrygianni (GRE) - 6th place

On being a young team:
"Some of us are 16 and 17 years old and we have a lot of room for improvement."

Yuliya Maryanko (UKR)

On their lifts:
"We performed better than in training and our lifts are higher."

On Olympic qualification:
"Perhaps we can not qualify, but we still have little chance."

On who will qualify:
"Japan and Spain definitely, and the third place may be Canada or Italy."

Ganna Khmelnitska (UKR)

On their most difficult element:
"The last part of our routine is most difficult, because it's very complicated. We need to improve our details."

Anna Bagirova (UKR)

On her training:
"We usually record our movements, and analyze the video for improvement."

"I only train at the weekend, because I'm now a university student on international relations."