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Photo by Liz Corman Photography; used with permission. It was a major first step for a possible inclusion in future Olympics. William May (born January 17, ) [1][2] is an American synchronized swimmer. Sometimes it just takes one person to initiate a major change. They had originally met at a junior open meet at the America Cup in She had been working with May at Cirque for almost 10 years and gave up her Japanese citizenship in December and became his new mixed-duet partner.

Bill May was hoping to be the first man, gay or straight, selected to the USA synchronized swimming team. It was a long-awaited triumph just for May to compete in a sanctioned synchro world championships. A mad scramble ensued to reunite May with his former free routine partner, Kristina Lum Underwood, and find a new partner in Christina Jones for the technical routine.

When Bill May jumps into the water Tuesday at the Soda Aquatic Center in Moraga, California, he‘ll create a splash he has waited his entire life for. On the day in when Bill May retired from synchronized swimming, the stands at the Avery Aquatic Center at Stanford were filled with Bill's friends and family and everyone he'd ever.

Now that the ball is rolling again, May is determined to push for mixed duets in the Olympics. But the U.S. team chose only women. If you dropped in on Bill at that hour at his apartment in the Silicon Valley suburb of Santa Clara, California, you’d. He was named the U.

Bill May traveled to Athens in as a spectator to cheer on his teammates and then gracefully retired from the sport. And this is a person who makes plenty of. Synchronized swimming remains as the only FINA sport not equally represented by both sexes. Bill May very well may be a gay trailblazer in his sport of.

For Bill May, however, an year-old in love, is a joyful time. Performing primarily in duets, May won several national and international events. And finally, there are signs that the tide is turning. I took inspiration from friends on the swim team that continued to compete even though they would never make it to the Olympic level.

With only eight months to train and with Underwood seven months pregnant, they had their work cut out for them. In the world of synchronized swimming, that person is Bill May. May, who left home at age 16 to live with a host family in Santa Clara, Calif. But it takes time. NEW YORK (AP) — 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 skit starring Martin Short as one of two brothers attempting to make it to the Olympics in what then was called synchronized swimming.

He is one of many people who are working with U. The Rio Olympics have passed by and the target is now for the Olympics in Tokyo. As of the most recent Olympics in Rio, men are not allowed to compete in synchronized swimming events. After moving to California, he tried out for the nationally renowned Santa Clara Aquamaids and earned a spot on their junior squad.

Kanako Kitao Spendlove won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics in the synchro team competition for Japan. Team USA said no. May desired to compete at the Summer Olympics, but then there was not yet a mixed or male category in Synchronized Swimming. When the time came, they faced down nine teams on the world stage in Kazan with May and Jones winning the gold in the mixed-duet technical routine and May and Underwood taking the silver in the mixed-duet free routine.

During a panel discussion at the recent International Swimming Federation known as FINA or the Federation Internationale de Natation congress in Ontario, Canada, longtime sports activist and Olympic swimming gold medalist, Donna de Varona, pointed out that diversity will result in growth for the aquatics community.

Bill May and partner Kanako Spendlove in performance. They have been named to the U. Along with aiming for a chance to be included in the Tokyo Olympics, May and Spendlove are hoping to propose new rules and requirements for mixed duets. 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.