In late 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that at this summer’s Paris Olympic Games, men would be allowed to compete in artistic swimming (previously known as synchronized ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artistic swimming isn't just for the ladies anymore. For the first time in Olympic history, men are allowed to be part of the ...

When the sport of artistic swimming, formerly synchronized swimming, announced it would allow men to compete in the Paris Games, Bill May saw his chance. But the U.S. team chose only women. By Sarah ...

NEW YORK — Bill May chuckles at the mere mention of the words “Saturday Night Live,” knowing that the conversation is about to turn to the TV show’s 1984 skit starring Martin Short as one of two ...

Despite the new rule change, no men ended up making it on the Olympic artistic swim teams Athena Sobhan is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in POPSUGAR, ...

What does it take to be a U.S. Olympic artistic swimmer? At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, dance lessons, mastery of the eggbeater, flamingo, scull and rocket ...

It used to be that artistic swimming -- AKA synchronized swimming -- was an Olympic sport only for women. But that's no longer the case for the 2024 Paris Olympics. That's the good news! In 2022, the ...

A Central New York native is on the verge of making history at the Olympics. Bill May, 45, is competing for a spot on the U.S. Artistic Swimming team. Formerly known as synchronized swimming, he would ...

Uh one more time and you can do the connection and the table that before the next part, many of coach Andrea Fuentes's athletes were babies. The last time team USA qualified *** squad for the team ...

The Australian team practices before competing in the Open Team Free Final at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final Budapest 2024 this July. Credit - David Balogh—Getty Images In ...

The sport, formerly known as synchronized swimming, has a new name as well as more muscular athletes and more risky tricks. At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, ...