Synchronised swimming is also a matter of the mind.
You have to think intelligently
and our old trainer always said,
"The smartest one will win".
We were born in Athens, Greece, and since summer 2012
we are living here in Austria.
In Greece we could not combine
school and synchronised swimming
because we lived in Volos,
but the training camp was in Athens,
and that is why it was very difficult.
We missed three months of school because of that.
We were either going to stay in Greece and stop with swimming,
or go somewhere else.
We are the Alexandri sisters.
We are triplets and synchronised swimmers.
When we are in the water, we hear the music
because there are speakers under the surface.
We are counting the beats of the music 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.
For each number there is a different movement,
and that is how the whole choreo goes.
Anna Maria is the boss. She often says,
"You have to do this and that,"
and it's a good thing. Everyone has her own role.
Eirini is totally different. Ahead of a competition
she needs more strength and support from me
and that is why I am the boss.
Vaso is our mother.
She supports us a lot at training
because she is the reserve.
If we need something she is always there.
I think that in sports, no language is needed.
We can tell a lot by the face of our trainer,
if it was a good performance or no.
We understand it instantly.
In Austria, I like the city of Vienna. It's very beautiful.
I can't explain it very well, but the buildings
are very beautiful.
The biggest difference is that everyone
in Austria says, "No stress."
I like it here and we do not regret we are here.
Mozart is our dog. We look at him like our little brother.
He is an important part of our family.
I cannot imagine a life without synchronised swimming.
Every day we get up, then head right to training.
If we do not have any training, like for example on Sundays,
we wait for Monday to come so we can train again.
We started with synchronised swimming
at three and a half years old.
Our parents are both in Greece and they work there,
and our mother wants to come to Austria.
When we participate in competitions, we meet
the Greek teams, which was a bit weird at the beginning.
We didn't know if they want to talk to us...
But soon that feeling goes away,
and everyone was just normal like the other teams.
Sometimes we think that we could compete
for the Greek national team,
but it's no problem for us because we feel at home here
and the people here support us a great deal - the association,
our trainer - and we just feel like Vienna is our home.
I can think of Austria as my home.
This country supported us
and believed in us immediately.
I do miss the sea in Greece,
but it's not as important to me.
Our life is synchronised swimming.
That is the most important thing for us.