Natalia Ischenko (with 15 world titles, nicknamed 'Phelps in a skirt') and Svetlana Romashina, the best Synchronised Swimming Duet Team (swimming for Russia) perform in the Free Routine to Suspiria by Goblin, at Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, London, on April 20 2012. This is one of the creepiest and most wonderful movie scores of all time, and I love that they come first in the Olympic Qualifications, swimming in such a sinister way to such a scary theme. I hope they do this again at the Olympic Finals in August. :) (For the non-Goblin conclusion to the routine, see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmXotgHNN3c)
Here's the video that has caused simultaneous frenzy in two groups that seldom overlap: synchronized-swimming admirers and horror-movie fanatics. The swimmers: the Russian duet team of Natalia Ischenko and Svetlana Romashina, who are competing this week in synchronized swimming at the current London Olympics. The music for their routine (we kid you not): the unnerving music-box theme from Dario Argento's Suspiria, performed by Goblin. Inspired, all the way around.
This video recorded at Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, London, on April 20. Hat tip: Mr. Beaks.
