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Ranjuo Tomblin: Britain's first male artistic swimmer wants to change image of sport

Ranjuo Tomblin: Britain's first male artistic swimmer on changing perception of the sport

By Sophie Hurcom & Alistair Durden
BBC Sport & BBC Points West

Ranjuo Tomblin says he wants to "change the perception" of artistic swimming when he becomes the first male to represent Great Britain in the sport.

The 17-year-old will make his senior debut at the European Games this week in the artistic swimming mixed duet.

Tomblin, who is from Sussex but trains full-time in Bristol, won European bronze in the junior event last summer.

Artistic swimming is an Olympic sport but is only contested at that level by women in the duet and team disciplines.

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