Men will compete in artistic swimming at next year's Paris Olympics.
Bill May, left, leads the United States team out to compete in the team acrobatic of artistic swimming at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Saturday, July 15, 2023. Largely unoticed by the general public, men have been participating in artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, for decades. – Snicker if you wish. Guffaw for good measure. Bill May and other male synchronized swimmers — now called artistic swimmers — have heard the putdowns before.
“There has always been that misconception that it’s a female-only sport, or that it’s for wimps, or that it’s not a difficult sport,” the 44-year-old May said. “Anyone that has anything negative to say about the sport — boy, female, anyone. Just try it and you’ll know it’s the most difficult sport in the world.”— the water ballet that made few waves below the flowery rubber caps and permanent smiles, It's estranged from the sport introduced at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
“So much bullying. So much slander. So much hate,” he added."Just because of my gender, just because I’m a male in artistic swimming. When I first started I wanted to quit so many times. Growing up my peers would ask why I’m doing a female sport, why am I being like a girl and degrade me for doing what I love to do.”
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