Artistic Swimming Team Takes First Medal In 20 Years — A Silver
The only thing better than going viral at the Olympics is winning a silver medal.
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Rikki Evans was born in Washington DC in 2004. Her athletic and artistic base began at the age of five when she pursued parallel tracks of swimming and belly dancing, but synchro has been her passion since the age of nine. She has spent four years with Northern Virginia Nereids synchro team, and one year with Kuala Lumpur’s D Swim Academy Team Synchro. Rikki likes to spend time with her teammates outside of practice, and her favorite food is bubble tea. Rikki is well traveled, having spent half her life in Asia and the Middle East. Rikki is a dual U.S.-Japan national and is fluent in Japanese.
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