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Ukraine twins smiling through bombs to go for Olympic gold

By Anna Malpas in Kharkiv, Jonathan Brown in Kyiv, Philippe Siuberski in Montpellier and Diane Falconer in Fukuoka As synchronised swimmers, Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiiva are used to having to smile no matter what. The sunny sisters are one of Ukraine’s best hopes of a gold medal at the Paris Olympics after winning a bronze in artistic swimming at the Tokyo Games three years ago. But the trials the 22-year-old twins have been put through […]