Tokyo Olympics: US swimmer Ryan Murphy suggests races "probably not clean"

Murphy gave up the 200-yard crown when Rylov, who also won the 100, set the first Olympic record.

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Reuters | Tokyo | Posted on 7/31/21 at 3:29 am

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Ryan Murphy lost his second backstroke title to Russian Evgeny Rylov in Rio on Friday.

On another memorable morning of racing, Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women's 200 breaststroke with a world record of 2: 18.95 and took South Africa's first gold in the Games, while China won its first gold medal in men's swimming in Tokyo, with Wang Shun first Took place. in the 200m. mixed.

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The gold-hungry Australian swimmers didn't stop there, Emma McKeon winning the women's 100 freestyles for her sixth Olympic title in the pool.

But the celebratory mood changed after Murphy gave up the 200-yard crown when Rylov, who also won the 100, took first place in an Olympic record.

"It is a huge mental exhaustion for me to get through the year swimming in a race that is probably not clean, and it is," said Murphy after finishing second behind the Russian.

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