and analysis. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing| you different stories from across the uk. it s been an olympic sport exclusively for women. but in bristol, 17 year old ranjuo tomblin is leading the change. five years after taking up the sport, he s become the great britain squad s first ever male competitor. you always think synchronized swimming, oh, that s a girls sport. so i definitely want to change that perception of people and, you know, it s a sport foranyone, really. ranjuo comes from a gymnastics background that helps with the strength and flexibility needed in a sport where so much of the work takes place under the water. he and his partner, beatrice, won a european silver medal last year. this week, they make their senior debut at the european games in poland.
The contingent features a mixture of those with international and Olympic experience and those who are making their major international debuts at the Games
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