After wistfully watching Rio, men hope for Tokyo inclusion

Cirque du Soleil performer Bill May sneaked peaks at the synchronised swimming competitions in Rio on his phone during makeup sessions and costume changes at the Las Vegas show. May, a synchronised swimmer who won gold at the World Championships technical mixed duets last year with partner Christina Jones, longed to be in the Rio pool himself but could not because mixed duets are not allowed at the Olympics. Buoyed by their acceptance at the Championships last year, male synchronised swimmers such as May are now lobbying for an Olympic shake-up of the currently all-female discipline at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
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