Toronto teen Chris Niehaus excited after Olympics add male spots in artistic swimming event
Like many amateur athletes with big sporting dreams, Canadian artistic swimmer Chris Niehaus hopes to one day represent his country on the Olympic stage.
“I was excited because I feel that I have a chance to go to the Olympics if I keep up my hard work,” Niehaus said. Five events will be on the schedule at the Olympic Aquatics Centre for the 2024 Games in Paris. They include free duets, technical duets, finale duets, free teams and technical teams. “I think the more they get to compete, the more boys will join the sport and I think that’s a good thing.”
“If they work just as hard as female athletes, everybody should be allowed to compete if they want to.” “There’s a lot of change happening at the international level related to aquatic sport and artistic swimming in general. So the timing is really good and really appropriate.”
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