![]() ![]() The gold for Shun is China’s third swimming gold medal of the Games. This marks the first time a different swimmer than Michael Phelps has won the event since the 2000 Sydney Games.īritish swimmer Duncan Scott (1:55.28) took silver while Jérémy Desplanches (1:56.17) of Switzerland brought home the bronze medal. Wang Shun of China won gold with a time of 1:55.00. Michael Andrew lost his lead in the final lap of the 200m individual medley and wound up finishing outside of a medal position in fifth (1:57.31). Murphy, who got the bronze, also was beaten by Rylov’s ROC teammate, Kliment Koleskinov. In that race, Rylov beat Murphy to take the gold medal, which Murphy had won at the 2016 Rio Games. Rylov and Murphy went head-to-head earlier in the Tokyo Olympics in the 100m backstroke final. ![]() American Bryce Mefford (1:55.49) finished fourth. Luke Greenbank of Great Britain (1:54.72) claimed bronze. Rylov prevented Murphy from repeating as Olympic champ with a time of 1:53.27, just ahead of Murphy (1:54.15). Here’s a full look back at the action from the Tokyo Aquatics Center: Reigning champ Murphy takes silver in 200m backstrokeĮvgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee got the best of Murphy again in a backstroke final, this time in the 200m. Team USA failed to reach the podium in the two other finals - the women’s 100m freestyle and the men’s 200m individual medley. In the women’s 200m breaststroke, Lilly King and Annie Lazor claimed silver and bronze respectively. Reigning Olympic champion Ryan Murphy won silver in the men’s 200m backstroke. ![]() swim team had a three-medal performance as four events were decided on Thursday night. ![]()
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