Twin sisters in sync as Canada Games begin in St. John's

Twin sisters Madison and Taylor Buchanan are going to the Canada Games in Newfoundland and Labrador. Itzael Gaudet, another Team New Brunswick athlete, will play in two sports.

Taylor and Madison are from Saint John and have been doing artistic swimming — formerly synchronized swimming — since they were eight.

Now 16, they have been training and competing together for a long time and rely on each other for support.

"Maddie is my best friend, like best friend from birth, and I think having her to swim with and go through … all the stress and all the competitions together, I think it's made me a better swimmer," Taylor said.

The twins will be part of the team performances and will also perform two duets together.

Taylor says they work well together in part because they're sisters and look so much alike.

"I think it does give us a little bit of an advantage, especially with our duet, because the whole goal is to look alike and look similar and be in sync," she said. 

"When we're in the water together doing the same things and we're having a good swim, I feel like we just look very similar, and I think it looks really nice for the judges and for the people watching."

Madison says sometimes they can't even tell the difference between each other.

"Going back and watching videos, I'm like, 'is that me or Taylor?' It's hard to tell in the water, but it's pretty cool," Madison said.

Gaudet is a swimmer and volleyball player. His schedules lined up perfectly.

It's swimming in Week 1 with the 16-year-old from Moncton competing in the 50-metre freestyle, 100-metre freestyle, 50-metre butterfly and 100-metre backstroke. 

He'll play volleyball in Week 2.

He didn't count on making both teams, but he knew it was possible because the