Swimmer Trying to Make Olympic History Is Left Off the U.S. Team

Bill May in Los Angeles last month.Credit... Daniel Dorsa for The New York TimesBill May, the 45-year-old artistic swimmer who was vying for a chance to be the first man to compete in the sport at the Olympics this summer, did not make the U.S. team’s final roster, the team announced on Saturday.

Of the 12 people on the U.S. artistic swimming team, only eight, plus an alternate, were chosen to travel to the Paris Games in July. Mr. May, the only man on the team — who became eligible for the Olympics when a rule change opened the competition to men for the first time — was not among them.

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Mr. May, who also works as the…