The South Korean artistic swimming duo of Lee Ri-young and Hur Yoon-seo just missed making the final of the duet free event at the world championships on Tuesday.
Lee and Hur scored 169.6645 points to rank 13th in the preliminary at the World Aquatics Championships at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A in Fukuoka, Japan. Only the top 12 advanced to Thursday's final, and the South Koreans finished 3.3604 points back of the 12th-ranked team, Sofia Malkogeorgou and Evangelia Platanioti of Greece.
Lee and Hur had also finished 13th in the preliminary of the duet technical event on Friday.
They have had more success in solo events. Lee finished ninth in the solo technical on Saturday, tying the mark for the best performance by a South Korean artistic swimmer at world championships. In the solo free event, Hur reached the final scheduled for Wednesday after finishing fourth in Monday's preliminary.
The world championships began last Friday with artistic swimming and diving events. The swimming events are scheduled to begin Sunday.
Source: Yonhap News Agency