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By Dax Lowery, Swimming World Contributor.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say you\u2019re an athlete who claims to LOVE your sport. You work hard, you put in the time and you have the talent to earn the hardware.<\/p>\n

But do you have the talent to compete at the Olympics?<\/p>\n

Have you worked hard enough to win a medal at a World Championships \u2013 13 years after earning Olympic silver?<\/p>\n

Did you make the sport your full-time job?<\/p>\n

Do you use your very limited free time to produce material for you and your fellow competitors?<\/p>\n

Meet Kanako Kitao Spendlove<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since her introduction to synchronized swimming at the age of 4, the Kyoto, Japan, native has been one with the sport. She joined a synchro club at 9, made her first junior national team five quick years later and earned a silver medal in the team event at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.<\/p>\n

She competed at her second World Championships a year later (two more silver medals to go with gold and silver won in 2003) and thought, What\u2019s next?<\/p>\n

\u201cI had completed my dream to go to the Olympic Games. \u00a0The Olympic silver medal gave us feeling of \u2018mission completed,\u2019\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cI love synchro so much, and I wanted learn and look for more possibilities to continue with synchro outside of competing.\u201d<\/p>\n

So she decided to go to the U.S. to learn more about the artistic side of synchro and to eventually join Cirque du Soleil\u2019s \u201cO\u201d water show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking in Las Vegas is the perfect place to follow my dreams,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are many chances to learn different skills and many opportunities to show new skills in a performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plus, she was reunited with swimmers she used to compete against and idolized growing up, top synchro athletes hailing from at least 10 different countries. \u201cNow we swim together every night on a beautiful stage!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

It was at the \u201cO\u201d show that she met Bill May<\/strong> again. They were first introduced at the 1996 America Cup when both were part of their respective countries\u2019 junior national teams for the first time.<\/p>\n

May, a trailblazer for men in synchro, was looking for a partner to compete with in mixed duet at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He had come\u00a0out of retirement two years earlier to make his debut at the 2015 championships, where he won\u00a0gold and silver medals with Olympians\u00a0Christina Jones<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kristina Lum Underwood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy coach, Chris Carver<\/strong>, and I were looking for someone who would match me as well as be artistic and truly represent the ideas of a mixed duet, showcasing a feminine and masculine side of synchronized swimming, as well as being very athletic,\u201d May said. \u201cKanako had everything, including an unsurpassed passion and dedication to hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n

May and Spendlove, who earned her U.S. citizenship in 2015, started training together and won gold in their first competition as a mixed duet at the 2016 UANA Pan American Championship.<\/p>\n

This summer, Spendlove, 35, returned to the FINA World Championships for the first time since 2005, when she represented her home country. She and May, 38, won two bronze medals for the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were very happy to have the opportunity to compete at Worlds and look forward to continue to compete at other competitions,\u201d May said. \u201cWe still have so much to learn from each other in that we have the advantage of taking two countries, Japan and the U.S., and learn from the training we’ve had in both styles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added Spendlove: \u201cWe perform as we believe what mixed duet should be. We focused on performing as if it was a show, and we are happy with our performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

May knows what it takes to be a champion, and he marvels in what a typical day looks like for his swimming partner: training four to five hours at the start of the day; multiple trips to daycare for her son, Zachary; performing at Cirque du Soleil five nights a week; and additional training for mixed duet.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people don\u2019t know how difficult it is for Kanako to train,\u201d May said. \u201cThe schedule really shows the Superwoman that she is, and how much she believes in the future of the mixed duet event.\u201d<\/p>\n

So that limited free time Kanako enjoys? That\u2019s when she indulges in one of her favorite hobbies: sewing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI design and sew costumes for synchro, figure skating, gymnastics, circus acts and more,\u201d she said. \u201cI have made synchro costumes for American, Canadian, Japanese and Swiss swimmers. I made a costume that Bill swam in for his solo event at the 2015 World Trophy, and my husband and I made his raven wings.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than three decades after first being introduced to synchronized swimming, Spendlove is still going strong in the sport she loves.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family, friends, work, passion, energy \u2013everything around me I have because of synchro. I appreciate synchro very much and the people who support me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSynchro is my life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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