The newest King of American backstroke continued his dominance in finals of the men’s 200 backstroke with his second individual gold medal of the Olympic Games. Ryan Murphy shot off the start with only Japan’s Ryosuke Irie posting a faster reaction time.
It was clear from the start that it would be a show-down between Murphy and Australia’s Mitch Larkin. Larkin made it to the first turn with a 26.61 over Murphy’s 27.10, but it didn’t take long for Murphy to build speed and start to pull ahead of Larkin. Larkin pulled closer to Murphy during the final 50-meters of the race, but was unable to catch Murphy who stopped the clock at a 1:53.62 over his own 1:53.96.
Murphy’s gold medal continues a tradition of American dominance in the backstroke events, claiming the USA’s sixth straight gold in the event.
Russia’s Evgeny Rylov hung close to Larkin at the end to pick up the bronze medal with a time of 1:53.97, effectively separating the top three from the rest of the competition.
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