Swimming-No male artistic swimmers at Olympics after U.S. leave May out of squad


  • Swimming
  • Saturday, 08 Jun 2024

FILE PHOTO: People watch as former British Olympic artistic swimmers Asha George and Katie Clark together with Sisy Wang and Emily Kuhl, all of Aquabatix, perform in a large water tank to mark 100 days before the 2024 Paris Olympic Games starts, at Covent Garden in London, Britain, April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

(Reuters) -Despite World Aquatics' bold move to let men compete in artistic swimming at the Olympics, there will be no male swimmers among the 10 countries in the team event in Paris, after the United States left pioneer Bill May out of their squad.

World Aquatics said it was very disappointed that there would be no men in the Olympic competition.

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