Former Cal swimmer Murphy has now won seven Olympic medals with 200 backstroke to come later
Former Cal standout Ryan Murphy won a medal in the 100-backstroke for the third straight Olympics as he claimed a bronze medal in that event on Monday by finishing third in the finals on Monday in Paris.
The 29-year-old Murphy was clocked in 52.39 seconds, which was 0.39 seconds behind gold-medalist Thomas Ceccon of Italy and 0.07 seconds behind silver-medalist Xu Jiayu of China. And Murphy just barely got onto the podium, finishing just two-one-hundredths of a second ahead of fourth-place finisher Apostolos Christou of Greece.
Murphy swam the first 50 meters in 25.04 seconds, putting him second, just behind Xu. But Ceccon, the world-record-holder in this event, passed both of them in the final 50 to get the victory. Murphy has now won seven Olympic medals, and he is still hoping to become the first male swimmer in history to win medals in three consecutive Olympics in both the 100 and 200 meter backstroke. He will compete in the 200 backstroke later in these Olympics
Murphy had won four gold medals before coming to France. He won gold medals in both the 100-meter backstroke and 200-meter backstroke in 2016, and in the 2020 Olympics he won a silver medal in the 200 backstroke and bronze in the 100 backstroke. He was a member of the United State gold-medal-winning medley relay teams in both Olympics and will try to win gold in that event again in this Olympics.
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