With longtime powerhouse Russia not competing at the Olympics after the invasion of Ukraine, artistic swimming at the Paris Games is seeing a rare dose of unpredictability.Related video above: Katie Ledecky sets Olympic records and makes history at the Paris OlympicsTeam USA, who did not even qualify for the 2020 Olympics, won silver medals with a score of 914.3421. This is the United States' first podium finish in 20 years. Americans took bronze in both the team and duet artistic swimming events at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.China took first place with a score of 996.1389 and Spain won bronze medals with 900.7319 points. Russia began a run of dominance at the 2000 Sydney Games, winning every Olympic gold since then in the sport formerly known as synchronized swimming — 12 straight victories in all.But the country has been largely shunned on the international sports stage since launching its war on Ukraine. Russia has not entered an artistic swimming team at a major competition since the Tokyo Olympics.Men were eligible for the team event for the first time at these Games, but none of the 10 teams picked a male swimmer.The team competition began on Monday with the free routine, followed by the acrobatic routine on Wednesday, which decided the gold.