Finally! The moment the world has been hoping for...male artistic swimming! Brought to you by the Paris Olympics.
“I think it’s a huge opportunity for the sport to grow and attract more men,” U.S. competitor Bill May told the Associated Press at the World Aquatics Championships. “By keeping men out you’re limiting the sport. By including men you’re going to see an upshift in the popularity and the numbers.”
He worked for 17 years at Cirque du Soleil doing water-themed shows but has now been drawn out of competitive retirement for a chance to compete at the Olympics. Beginning in elementary school, 18-year-old American Kenny Gaudet dreamed of being a synchronized swimmer. He made it but plenty of people thought men should not be swimming alongside girls in open competition, he told the outlet.
“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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