- For the first time in history, men will be able to compete at the 2024 Olympics
- 2022-12-23 15:56:48.0 Source: Xinhuanet
FINA announced on the 22nd that male athletes will be able to participate in the Olympic synchronized swimming competition for the first time in 2024.
According to FINA, their proposal was approved by the International Olympic Committee. Men will be able to compete in synchronized swimming at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This will be the first time a male synchronized swimmer has qualified for the Olympics since synchronized swimming joined the Olympic family in 1984.
At that time, the male contestants will be able to participate in the flower tour group competition. Each team can have up to two male players among the 8 players. 10 representative teams are expected to participate in the flower swimming group event at the Paris Olympic Games.
Since 2015, the World Aquatics Championships have started staging a mixed doubles competition. As the first men’s floral swimming champion at the World Championships, American Bill May, who won the technical optional gold medal in mixed doubles in 2015, said it was once considered an impossible dream for swimming players to male participate in the Olympic swimming game, “but now proves that we should all dare to dream.
