Sports Scene comes splashing back with one of the most crowd-pleasing events at the Asian Games, which has a new name, after the governing body for aquatic sports, FINA, officially redubbed synchronized swimming as artistic swimming last summer. The combined category has also been dropped for Jakarta, leaving just the team and duet divisions, with China's Jiang twins seeking their third gold in the latter, and sixth title overall. Damion Jones has the story.

With the rebranded sport of artistic swimming offering just two paths to gold at the 2018 Asian Games, China's Jiang sisters, Wenwen and Tingting, are giving their full attention to the duet event that they won in 2006 and 2010. The 33-year-old twins have also topped a pair of team competitions and one combination showdown, and are returning to the continental stage, after skipping the Incheon edition in 2014.

ZHENG JIA CHINA DUET ROUTINE COACH "I think physically and mentally, they are at the top of their game now, their form is even better than at last year's World Championships."

The identical siblings plan to carry over their free routine theme from last summer's FINA World Championships, where they claimed silver in two categories, by dazzling the audience in Indonesia with an enhanced sense of expression, while music from "Swan Lake" sets the mood. Their technical program, on the other hand, will feature a totally new performance, based on Flamenco Dance.

JIANG WENWEN & JIANG TINGTING FIVE-TIME ASIAN GAMES GOLD MEDALISTS "We made a lot of changes to the maneuvers, based on the reactions of the fans, and we have also added some modern elements to the routine."

China's eight-member squad for the team event went through a major makeover between the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics and last year's World Championships in Budapest. The roster is now much younger, and while the two routines will be similar to the programs that helped the PRC ladies finish second in the free and technical divisions in the Hungarian capital, the degree of difficulty is much higher, thanks largely to the addition of elements from Peking Opera.

WANG FANG CHINA TEAM EVENT COACH "We want to showcase Chinese culture on the international stage, so we are combining Peking Opera with artistic swimming, and trying to act out the highlights from a classic Peking Opera story."

The sport formerly known as synchronized swimming has been one of China's strong suits at previous editions of the Asian Games, and this year's delegation will be looking to extend that artistic success, when the curtain goes up at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Center, on the 27th of August. DJ, CGTN.