‘SNL’ lampooned men in artistic swimming. Bill May could be the sport’s first male Olympian

By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP National Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill May might become the first man to compete in artistic swimming at an Olympics. The 45-year-old who lives in California will find out on 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 has retired and unretired several times over the years. He has performed with Cirque du Soleil and coached at a club in Santa Clara. He always held out hope of a chance to go to the Olympics. Men are allowed to participate in artistic swimming for the first time at the 2024 Games.