FILE - The United Staes team, including Bill May, front left, compete in the team acrobatic of artistic swimming at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Saturday, July 15, 2023. May might become the first man to compete in artistic swimming at an Olympics. May, 45, who lives in California, will find out Friday if he is picked by a five-person panel to represent the United States at the Paris Games in the team event for the sport that used to be called synchronized swimming.
May was part of the squad at the Aquatic World Championships in Doha, Qatar, in February, when the United States qualified for the Olympics in the team event for the first time since 2008. The expectation is that he would be the only man competing in Paris, if he is there; another top male athlete in artistic swimming, Giorgio Minisini of Italy, was ruled out of his country’s Olympic plans in April.
“I never thought it would happen for my career,” he said. “I knew it would happen, because I knew that it had to happen for the sport to grow. ... I just kind of got chills all over my body and thought: ‘OK, am I going to do this? Yes, I’m going to do this!’” “He was already a star when I started. Bill May had a huge name. I remember going to a few of his exhibitions. ... I would watch him, and his swimming was so beautiful,” said Megumi Field, an 18-year-old who competes for the U.S. “It was inspiring to see someone like Bill go as far as he has.”Andrasko, the CEO, would love to grow artistic swimming and recognizes that May could play a key role.
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