Russia won Olympic gold in the team synchronized swimming final Friday.
The Russians, headed by two-time Olympic champions Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina, scored 98.930 out of 100 for their performance.
"I am very happy that we managed to get the result with the girls and that we carried on the tradition of synchronised swimming, winning four Olympic games in a row," Russia team member Anastasia Davydova said, adding that she would now retire to take up coaching.
"The music was chosen by our coach and the idea was to come up with something completely new. The theme was a lost world like a big spiders net, we wanted people to get the goosebumps," her teammate Alexandra Patskevich said.
The result underlines the dominance of the Russians, who have taken every gold in the event since Sydney 2000.
China finished second with 97.010 points, narrowly beating Spain, who were awarded 96.920 points and the bronze medal.
"We are still some distance from Russia. They will be our targets in the future for a long while," China coach Zhang Xiaolei said.
The Spanish team shaved their heads in order to attach unusual fish-like scales to their heads, but team member Thais Henriquez Torres said it was worth it.
"It was all in aid of the cause."
On Tuesday, Ishchenko and Romashina won gold in the duet.
