American Ryan Murphy became the first male since 1974 to win a medal in the 100-meter backstroke in three consecutive Olympics.
Ryan Murphy did something Monday that hasn’t been done for half a century, swimming to a medal in the men’s 100-meter backstroke during a third consecutive Olympics. But that was only the second-best news he got on the third night of competition at the Paris Games. Because as he was standing near the medal stand, he spotted his wife in the stands. And she had a message for him. “I saw Bridget holding up a sign that said ‘Ryan, It’s a Girl’,” he said. “That was a great way to find out.
In the evening’s other featured event, the women’s 200-meter freestyle, Australia’s Mollie Callaghan upset teammate Ariarne Titmus — and she needed to break Titmus’ Olympic record to do it, winning in 1:53.27. Titmus, who beat American Katie Ledecky to win the 400-meter free on Saturday, was second in 1:53.81 while Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong was third in 1:54.55.
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