shanghai reaches 37 degrees. very hot indeed. for the americas looking unsettled down in the southeastern corner here. watch out for the drenching thunderstorms picking up the energy from the gulf of mexico. couple of severe areas to watch out across the northern in the northeastern corner of the u.s. and canada. then behind the tail end of this frontal system, this low pressure moving over montana. northern plains, look out for the strong thunderstorms. looking showery down in the southwestern corner as well as western mexico. here temperatures stay very, very hot in the central and the southern portions of the u.s. 40 degrees in oklahoma city. 34 in denver. and 31 in chicago. now we take a look at europe. it remains very thundery and wet out towards the east. especially for the balkans dealing with that widespread rain and thunderstorms. this system is going to be making its way in a northeasterly direction. much of eastern europe looking unsettled out here. a new rain band coming in from the west is going to be reaching the al

and this is a part in the heart of shanghai. three years ago, this is little more than an urban jump that was left behind when the world expo site was left behind and gutted. kongjian yu is the founder of turenscape, one of the most acclaimed design firms. he is an advocate for environmental sustainability and was brought in literally to change the landscape. >> every contaminated water and soil. in china, 75% of the water. all of the major leagues in china and the rivers, this runs through the city's and they have been contaminated. we decided to make this park a demonstration. how can you clean the water? you use the landscape. you use vegetation. do not use sewage. we need some inexpensive solutions, workable solutions >> the water is a big issue in china, too little and some areas and too much and others. in eastern and southern china, at the floods are calling mass destruction while the same time, surrounding the river, almost a million people are without safe drinking water. china has a monsoon climate with torrential rain

in two years it became a shanghai institution. that put me on the road to the tv and the radio shows. tavis: and the voiceovers? >> they heard my voice and say we can't get ahold of james earl jones or tavis. tavis: much as i love china myself, i can't never learn the language. i could certainly never write it or more over, could never read it. you come heever here from north carolina, never -- over here from north carolina, never took a class. i've seen you interact. you speak rather fluently. how did you learn that? >> intuitively. the gram ar is subliminal. sense of tone and that [speaking chinese] >> if you speak chinese or approach the language with an arrogance that i hear it, i can repeat it. you will speak horrible chinese. you will see chinese people cringe. on the other hand, if you truly listen, listen to the way a mimic might, at first, ultimately the tones become something that is living and you can really follow it and the language becomes for standard. i'm told when i talk on the phone or talk to people or i'm on tv

they unveiled a new system today, beijing to shanghai, 800 miles in about five hours, less time than it takes to fly from new york to l.a. for china, high-speed rail is what the interstate highway system was to the u.s. back in the 1950s, which raises again the question, when it comes to trains, why is america home of the iron horse and the golden spike still on the slow track. we have a report from nbc's adrian mong who rolled the rails from beijing. >> reporter: it's smoother, sleeker, greener than a jet plane. the harmony express, clocking 187 miles an hour, connecting the chinese capital of beijing to shanghai in just under five hours. the beijing shanghai link is 824 miles long, that's about the distance between new york and atlanta. if you took amtrak, that would take you 18 hours. china spent $34 billion to build this rail link in just over three years, nearly a year ahead of schedule. how did they do it? >> it's a one party regime, so there's no political opposition, there's no rule of law, there's no transparency, so there aren't as many environmental hearings and things lik

the power lines failed between beinan shanghai. operations reportedly resumed around three hours later, but mo than 20 trains had been del delayed. the cae t iidt s not been disclosed. xinhua says an investigation is under way. e high-speed service between beijing and shanghai reaching 300 kilometers per hour began erinju 3hut h been plagued with problems. in one case, strong winds caused transmission lines to short circuit. inanother, trains failed to start. the rushed construction of 1300 kiloters of railway and the use of different types of carriages using tecolie ovedyjapan, germany and other countries are behind the problems. obrvers say e delays shortly after the fatal accident on the ghpeed network is likely to fuel concern about the safety of china's bullet trains. china's aggressively expanding its high-speed railways to serve its rapidly growing economy. >> reporter: the high-speed section betweeneingnd shanghai was opened on june 30th, the day before the communist party's 90th anniversary. the chinese government has push

and out of the water -- germany pulls out of the world swimming championships in shanghai. well, the next few hours will be crucial to the solvency of the united states. >> the u.s. house of representatives is expected to vote on a debt reduction bill proposed by the leader of the republicans in the house, john boehner. >> if it passes the house, the bill will go to the senate where democratic leader harry reid has already promised that it will be defeated. >> time is running out for compromise. on august 2, the u.s. treasury says it will not be able to pay its bills anymore. >> ♪ raise the debt ceiling ♪ >> this route intends to inject humor into a grave situation gravethis r -- this rap intends to inject humor into a grave situation. people are free welfare programs for the elderly and poor will be hit hardest. the medicare, social security, medicaid is all the working people have going for them in this country, and we just are not taking another step backward. >> republicans insist they will only agree to raising the debt ceiling if there are massive spending cuts. the h

in 2009 he bought his former team in shanghai, called the shanghai sharks, after they faced some financial trouble. wealth ex estimates $8 million in this team. also part owner of yao restaurant and bar run by his parents in houston, texas. also has a stake in orca digital, the operator of top 100 that provides legal downloads in china. he runs his charitable foundation after the earthquake in szeshwan. he's only 30 years old. after that, you're watching "world business today" live on cnn. we'll be right back. wrinkles in just one week.ula ss why wait if you don't have to. neutrogena®. welcome back, you're watching "world business today." we're live on cnn. >>> time now for your business travelers forecast. there seemed to be wet and windy conditions in many parts of europe this wednesday. jennifer delgado is standing by at the cnn weather center with the latest. i've got to say it's pretty chilly and damp here in london where i am. >> absolutely. it's actually pretty cool across western europe, all because we have rain on the radar, nina. you can see more sweeping into western parts of fr

cinderella echen is the owner of the shanghai 1930 restaurant. and the san francisco icon and door man of the francis drake hotel fore the last 800 years. it's only been really 32. pillar from the newspaper, david from uncle vito's pizza, maggie baxter from abc channel 7. i must turn the page. deputy chief antonio para, san francisco police department, lynn bruney, director of consumer marketting for the san francisco convention and visitors bureau and wes tyler, general manager, chancellor hotel on union square and president of the union square association. let's hear it for all those judges, ladies and gentlemen. now, these judges have a very, very difficult job. they have to rate the competitors. each bell ringer will be judged on rhythm, originality, and style. today we're going to find out who has the it factor and before the amateur competition stuff starts, i'd like to bring up a former bell-ringing champion, mr. carl payne, ladies and gentlemen. not one, not two, not three, 10-time bell-ringing champion. the only bell-ringing champion who

in shanghai and could sweep the board. plus some high octane action coming out. this is for don r.c. come and see a lie from the russian capital and i'm wrong calls for a heartfelt stories for this hour. rubin's mission that's why his former champions edge closer to the summits of the russian premier league after defeating take on their roles in cross in a. last minute preparations in uruguay and powerglide trained ahead of their call america final on sunday both a meets and make it into the history books. that's the sound of the russian national anthem performed using ellos as for the formula one car as russia prepares to stage the grand prix in the year twenty fourteen in the olympic capital of sochi a preview of what it could be like a head. and let's get the ball rolling with football where the russian pre-made he can see me is this weekend in the first game after a summer break twice former champion rubin traveled to last may it was scoreless until the dying moments all that match midfielder along the deadlock after firing from close range following a return

and coming in at 32 degrees in shanghai. now across north america, lots of showers to talk about here. severe thunderstorms breaking out in the northwestern corner near the low pressure system for montana as well as alberta. we have significant rain across the four corners into the plain states. lots of moisture coming in from the south and along the cold front as well as wide-spread rain developing here. here it will be very hot and humid, and quite uncomfortae, really. 37 in houston. it really stays hot down in the southeastern corner but cooler as we head into the northwest. >>> now for europe, severe weather conditions developing across western parts of europe. strong thunderstorms reported in parts of france, spain, and switzerland, as well as germany. now the system will make its way in a northeasterly direction before moving into sweden on your thursday, bringing the heaviest rain and strong thunderstorms to this part. and then a long a frontal line we will see scattered showers, but nothing as severe as what we were

the first regular direct flight has left from north korea to china's commercial capital shanghai. the service took more than 100 chinese tourists to experience the north korean capital pyongyang. the new flight will occur twice a week. morocco's keeng marie osmond has won a -- king mohammed has won a constitutional rally. with results in from 94% of polling booths, more than 98% of voters backed the new constitutions. critics said the referendum had been rushed through. our correspondent has been following it. >> there has been not a lot of surprise among a lot of moroccans here that the referendums have been passed. in fact, when i walked around this morning, several voting centers and spoke to people, i really had a lot of difficulty finding one voter who was voting no. all the people i spoke to, i could only find one young man who is opposing the reforms. and he chose not to vote. so it's also good to read a little bit behind the numbers, behind what it means to have 98% vote as yes, and 72% of voters turn up. that also means that basically 30% of the 30 million eligible voters

the shanghai composite fell 1.7% and rounding out the losses, australia the asx down about 1.9% but one piece of positive news, macarthur coal soared nearly 40% after attracting a billion-dollar takeover bid. i'll have more on that later in the show. >> we'll talk to you in a little bit about that particular topic. charles, as you can see a pretty broad sell-off here in asia and also the same thing in europe. >> absolutely. the third session and those three-month lows for the euro so pretty bleak picture. >>> at the united states a big sell-off on wall street. major averages tumbled, major worries. financial and technology shares were among the biggest losers on monday, bank of america, citigroup, jpmorgan chase and wells fargo all closed roughly 3.5 to 5.5% lower, so really this is touching off fears of a broader financial crisis and don't let's forget the whole situation of the biggest slowdown in the world economy since the 1930s started with the financial crisis and now the worry is with he might go there again. at the close of the play there were triple digit losses for the dow, na

also on the shanghai composite as well. this came after an investment company sold $3.6 million worth of holdings in two chinese banks. that after moody's warned of a downgrade for the sector. we did have elsewhere a bit further south the s&p asx 200 inching up one-sixth of a percent. the other two were down on the day. there wasn't much to write home about on wall street for tuesday either. u.s. stocks ended the session with little change. investors have one eye on friday's u.s. monthly jobs report and the other fixed on the debt crisis unfolding in europe. despite the low key session, though, still one company on the move, we're talking about shares of netflix. that jumped by 8%. all this came after the company unveiled plans to take the online video streaming service beyond the north america space to a global audience. as you can probably see from the chart we are showing you before, we did have the nasdaq up. the other two down. now from mail service to dvd rental to web based video on demand and online subscription ser

tavis: i spoke with a lot of kids in shanghai and beijing.here were some migrant kids who were getting a chance to get an education. there were also some well-to-do kids. many of them wounded mitt it and some would not. if you got them into an honest and authentic conversation, they would admit that they do feel the pressure. this single-child policy means that you are the only child, obviously. you have parents to take care when they get older and all of this responsibility rests on your shoulders because of the sheer numbers. there are only so many seats in the colleges and universities in southern china. if you get into one of those seats, there are only so many jobs, given the billions of people that live in china. i am raising that to ask what you think the long-term impact will be of this one-child policy. >> we have already seen some consequences. some of them are-point you already put your finger on the negate of them are- ive. you already put your finger on some of them. china is only in its infancy in terms of developing a nationwid

the first regular direct flight has left for north korea from china's commercial capital shanghai. it took more than 100 tourists to experience the new capital pyongyang. the new flight will link the two cities twice a week. in northern ireland violence has fled again in east belfast in the same area where rioting took place last week. the trouble broke out following a parade in the district. police described it as significant disorder. officers used water canyon and fired a number of plastic rounds as they tried to restore calm to the area. the violence was not on the same scale as last week's riots in the city. you're watching bbc news. still ahead -- monaco royal couple seal their marriage with a kiss. poland has taken over the rotating presidency of the european union for the first time. polish and e.u. leaders met in war saw to celebrate the event with he polish politicians striking a positive note, despite the economic crisis in many parts of europe. poland wants to strengthen the market to press ahead. >> there's been precious little joy for europe's leaders in recent weeks,

clean sweep of gold medals in the synchronised swimming event said that quite a championships in shanghai the unofficial queen of the pool. leading the team to their seventh gold out of possible seven the free routine combination of was the closing event and was once again won by the russian girls in some style assholes china trailed by more than six points to take their six the straw and gave the all conquering sixteen world gold apart a loss for his career while earlier on saturday also had also captured a silver in the twenty five kilometer open water swim. and let's continue with football there rw claimed bronze of that's once eleven call america for one drubbing of venezuela now appear rude brawl the deadlock just three minutes before the break after a problem guerrero scored on its own pass because i don't want nothing advantage venezuela were left with ten men after hamburg midfielder thomas rink on was given a straight forward is hamburg teammate guerrero playing for the opposing side in this one full advantage us. five minutes later to make it sunil with thirty minutes left on th

the shanghai composite down 3%. but there are domestic issues that affect it, collision with the bullet trains. also those stocks connected to that particular incident. so the hang seng also losing out this session. so there have been losses, but the feeling here is they're muted and responding to various different news lines right now. that's it for this edition of "world business today." i'm manisha tank in hong kong. >> i'm charles hodson in london. you're watching the world's news leader. good-bye for now.

for us good to see you in russia synchronized swimmers have been stocking up with gold medals in shanghai on a friday and they remain the only gold medal haulers for russia in china they'll get a chance to improve on that though and make it six out of six later in the day more for a moment. this is sports on artsy come and see a live from moscow and i'm on call for heaven first stop as always the headlines. the army men march on says come moscow extend their lead to seven points at the summits of the russian premier league. back home basketball start see what they moscow all signs the deal with former site until the n.b.a. lockout is over. grandmaster splash windsurfing champion becomes. specialist artsy profiles russia's. who gets to those stories in a moment but let's start in the far east where russia have extended their domination in the synchronized swimming at the classics world championships in shanghai as they once again outclassed china to win the three routine combination final now these are the golden girls completing the team technical routine and she's they and they've now em

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career goals as russia dominates the synchronised swimming at the aquatics world championships in shanghai. while out running the bulls ferrari's fernando alonso beat small glamour and sebastian vettel to set the pace in practice the german go on parade. and grandmaster splash we meet russia's you shortly windsurfing a champion who swept his balls to become a top jet skier. the first of the swimming pool and russia have extended their domination in the synchronised swimming at the aquatics world championships in shanghai as an italian has claimed to have fifteen gold medal in china yet another trials came for the shotgun and have partners that are a few not in the hewitt free routine it was going number six for russia once again outclassed china to maintain that golden sweep in the synchronised swimming events one more gold is left up for grabs on saturday also this friday russia did another three medals to that tally the silver and the bronze in men's three meter springboard event a bronze in the men's open water swim for many that sit. on the verge of racing and the second practice for s

not to claim her career its wealth and russia's second gold of the world finals in shanghai. brown's women's football schooled returns back old following an exciting win of the world finals in germany where they'd be huge favorites the u.s. team in the championship decider. and russian basketball as i gearing up ahead of the european championships in over and whilst i wear a good showing with them a spot at the london olympics. so it's been a difficult few months for japan by the country are going to please take some joy from their women's football team who have become world champions in frankfurt the newly crowned with as of now at arrived back home schooled lansing in a pool of just a day off to securing the country's first ever women's world title answered the global final as right side as taking on two time champions team usa and the hell dogs who defeated them on penalties after the regulation finished that one won the first victory over the u.s. in twenty five attempts for japan and one which going to last the brain some cheer following the tragedy is over recent months

of gold medals in the synchronized swimming events have been quite explore all championships and shanghai the unofficial queen of the pool not salutation to leaving the scene to their seventh gold out of possible seven a free routine combination of was the closing events and was once again won by the russian girls in some style asshole's china trailed by more than six points is that they are six eldar the strine gave the all conquering issued by the sixteenth world gold of her last for his career while earlier on saturday roger murdoch also had also captured a silver in the men's twenty five kilometer open water swim. and said let's continue with football in a room claim bronze of its once eleven corporate america for one drubbing of venezuela now piru the deadlock just three minutes before the break after a pause that followed guerrero scored on the return pass because saddam won nothing advantage venezuela were left with ten men after hamburg midfielder some ice rink on was given a straight red for his hamburg team a great or a plane for the opposing side in this one seat full advantage

>> well, after the world champs that we just had in shanghai, i have a little bit of a break now and then will build up preparation for next year, for the rest of the year. so it's a pretty sort of tough training time to get ready for next year, yes. but i didn't actually have that much longer left. it's come around so quickly. it feels like yesterday that i was in beijing and now i've only got sort of one more training block before the competition starts next year. >> and i should say, you just won the 10-meter ng synchronized platform category. how do you feel about the chances that you have in the olympics? >> i think that particularly because this will be my second olympics, i'll already have the experience of already being in the olympics. so i know that i'm sort of up there with a chance to do well and i've got a lot of experience behind me. so going into the event i will just be trying to perform the best that i can, and hopefully if i'm able to do that, then the results should take care of itself. >> now, you attended the beijing games. does it matter as an athlete where the

now with the sports and russia's synchronized swimmers have been stacking up the gold medals in shanghai on the standard and they remain the only gold medal haul as for russia and china now they'll get a chance to make six out of six later in the day carry out a part that's about the. this is the sport of r.c. come and see a live from moscow and i'm on cos for at first they had lines. army men marching on says a moscow extend their lead to seven points of the summits of the russian graeme really . well back home basketball star tina fey miles golf science is deal with former side until the n.b.a. lockout is over. grandmaster scratch windsurfing champion becomes by specialist party profiles russia's need. to get to those stories in a moment but let's start in the far east where russia have extended their domination in the sacred i swimming at that craddock's world championships in shanghai as they once again at last host china so when the free routine combination final now these are the golden girls completing that seems a little routine and she is they and they have one now emulated that

clinical also thrown off the edging of the gold medal to historic wall at the world championships in shanghai so than there are joining who convention for that child in the do it section on monday two members of a tall play style in big school in beijing everyone sings a secure russia its second gold of the sun and local favorites oh and wants to shanghai bulls to settle pole silva also finished runner up the issue during the solo set program today before well the bronze medalist in that section on draft disclaimed another third place finish top live with on a couple nail for spain it's becomes the only swell thigh world champion and synchronized swimming on the planet. now the man zero bosket is less than a couple of months away and seen russia got together here in moscow to start that training camp qualification for london swannies while visiting significance to this is tournaments as an encore sort of reports. russia's most recent euro basket triumph was a two thousand and seven right before the beijing olympics and that big three was the last taste of success but it's a huge lead by ameri

becoming the first ever eleven time world champion after winning her latest goal at the finals in shanghai the twenty five year old giving our country the first medal of the tournament as well winning her third straight world championship and an impeccable informants in the solo program seeing a shank a score ninety eight point three points out of one hundred thought mark topping the local favorite a lying champ while spaniard under took the last spot on the podium this term and far from over for two thoughts and a beijing gold winner shanker though it will end state of is expected to russia's medal haul in the upcoming jewett and. since. three of moto g.p. top five riders this year produced quite a spectacle of the german grand prix on sunday dully prevailing over a pole sitter casey stoner and reigning champion whole day lorenzo after a race long battle at the circuit but also getting off to a blistering start in his home to from second place in what would prove a start to finish battle for dominance teammate still no was on willing to budge though early on with lorenzo also in the mix a

becoming the first ever eleven time world champion after winning her latest poll at the finals and shanghai the twenty five year old giving her country the first medal of the tournament as well winning her third straight world championship and an impeccable informants in the solo program seeing a shank a score ninety eight point three points out of one hundred but mark topping local favorite by wang chen welspun eight hundred four went is took the last spot on the podium this term and far from over for two thousand and eight beijing called the winner a shank you though it will instead of is expected to add to russia's medal haul in the upcoming jewett and team six. three piece top five riders this year produce quite a spectacle at the german ground prix on sunday. prevailing over a pole sitter casey stoner and reigning champion jorge lorenzo after a race long battle in ring circuit but russa getting off to a blistering start in his honda from second place in what would prove a start to finish battle for dominance teammate sooner was on willing to budge though early on with lorenzo also in t

joins us now with news of sport where russians continue to break records on the water in shanghai. world championship or the it's become a tradition for russia's synchronized swimmers to blow away all the. more of that in a moment stick around. very warm welcome from here on live from moscow i'm wrong calls for of and first stop the headlines. and then there word soup paraguayan joy you're of why in the finals of the call following up five three penalty shoot outs when venezuela. still on the line the eyes have been dotted and t's crossed for the w.b. a boxing clash between russia's unbeaten heavyweight alexander povetkin and wrist. if you believe there are. having and russia's very own. preparing for the next world series stage in italy. we'll get to those stories in the moments and we'll start in china where russia has not has to find yet more room in her hand luggage after claiming gold number three of the world aquatic championships the russian has been a force of nature in shanghai wrapping up her third synchronized swimming title on wednesday in the free solo routine earlier

millionaires in shanghai. he said i don't want to kill you. i don't want to take over your land. i want to sell you a duvet. i want to tell you everything in your home but i don't want to kill you. >> that's how they will be number one. they are building $300 billion of high speed rail. this country trying to get the money to build, i think it's $8 billion. they want to lay it between l.a. and las vegas, which i think it's funny that those are the two cities that have to be connected ed connected, but we have none. >> piers: i'm going to ask you which of these two people have the best chance of putting america back on its feet? sarah palin or michele bachmann? >> that's what they call a hobson's choice. right now, go to priceline for a sneak peek at recent winning and better than ever! hotel bids to find where you n save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's winning bids, so you'll know what price to name. *á with new hotel bid alerts, from priceline. >> stop comparing sarah palin and mich

the toast of the swimming world once again claiming an eleventh synchronized global crossing in shanghai. i'm treating consonance one of paul scholes top point guards to wrong williams signs a one year contract with turkish club machine to us the first high profile star to leave the n.b.a. for europe because they'll be ongoing at least for a dispute. now he hadn't reached the top ten of a major tournament for ten years but darren clarke is today at the top of the world golfing tree the northern irishman winning the british open by three shots clark are rank outsiders before the event entered sunday's final round holding a one stroke lead on the county tyrone native didn't let the wind down rain put him off pulling off a second place during help dustin johnson and phil mickelson only seven players for ensuring far above that in sun which. have seventy different definition of consistency up royal st george's the forty two year old finally raising a lofty frame for a job after twenty attempts as a pro becoming the third northern irishman to win a major in just thirteen months let the party

joins us now with news of sport where russians continue to break records on the water in shanghai that's right when there is still world championship or the it's become a tradition for russia's synchronized swimmers to blow away although this should got more of that in a moment stick around. very warm welcome from the score desk here on c come and see a live from moscow i'm on costs for it and pursed up the headlines. and then their word soup power of why joy you're and why in the finals of the cop america calling up five three penalty shootout win over venezuela. on the line the eyes have been dotted and that's he's crossed for the w.b. a boxing clash between russia's unbeaten have to wait alexander povetkin and risk. the few blew their party profiles cliff diving and russia's very own out of film since it was preparing for the next world series stage and it's a. we'll get to those stories in the moments and we'll start in china where russia's not salutation guy has to find yet more room in her hand luggage after claiming goal number three of the world aquatic championships the russian

some a school function that's right a russian synchronized swimmers are still on the right hold in shanghai that's plus cliff diving world series and i call bike nationals for dessert all coming up. a very warm welcome from the sports desk here in artsy come and see a live from moscow vermont call servant personnel the headlines. and then their words of paraguayan join europe why in the finals of the call primary following a fight for you at all to shoot out with bourbon as well. so i saw on the line their eyes have been exhausted and it seems cross for the w.b. a boxing clash between russia's unceasing had to wait alexander ovechkin and response i got. the feud with their r.t. profiles cliff diving and russia's very old out of drum suturing was preparing for the next world series station in that city. oh yes those stories in just a moment but we'll start in china where russia's not ition go has to find yet more room in her hand luggage after claiming gold number three at the world aquatic championships the russian has been a force of nature in shanghai wrapping up her third synchronized sw

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some a school function that's right russian synchronized swimmers are still on the right hold in shanghai that's plus cliff diving world series and i call bike nationals for dessert all coming up. very warm welcome from the sports desk here in our common see a live from moscow i'm on costs for of and first sell the headlines. and then there were two paraguayan joining euro why in the finals of the cup on merit following a five three penalty shootout when albert venezuela. side saw on the line their eyes had been dotted and t's crossed for the w.b. a boxing clash between russia's unbeaten had to wait alexander ovechkin and response i got. viewed with their artsy profiles cliff diving and russia's very old out of. those preparing for the next world series stage in it so they. will get to those stories in just a moment but we'll start in china where russia has not has to find yet more room in her hand luggage shots for claiming gold number three at the world aquatic championships the russian has been a force of nature in shanghai wrapping up her third synchronized swimming title on the wedne