Ryan Murphy wins bronze in the 100m backstroke

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Ryan Murphy celebrated his seventh Olympic medal, five of which came in the individual backstroke.

MSWIM29-07-2024 15:42 | By: Cal Athletics

American wins seventh Olympic medal of his career

PARIS – American Ryan Murphy continued his unblemished Olympic record on Monday by winning bronze in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Murphy, who held a slim lead with 10 metres to go before he was eventually caught, secured a medal in the event for the third consecutive Olympics. He won the gold medal in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before taking bronze in Tokyo in 2021.

Murphy has now won medals in all five individual backstroke events he has competed in during his Olympic career, including winning gold in the 200 metres in Rio and silver in the event in Tokyo.

Murphy, who also won two gold medals in relays during his Olympic career, will begin his bid for another medal in the 200-meter backstroke on Wednesday.

Hugo Gonzalez of Spain also reached the 100 backstroke final, taking sixth place for the second consecutive Olympics. This is Gonzalez’s third Olympics overall.

In the meantime, Lucas Henveaux from Belgium in 19th place^e in the preliminary rounds of the 800 meter freestyle.



Women’s water polo
It was a multi-goal day for Cal’s Olympic women’s water polo trio, as all three Bear alumni competing in Paris on Monday earned braces.

Kitty Lynn Joustra helped the Netherlands to a 15-11 comeback win over China, tying the game at 8-8 with a third-quarter power play and adding a late dagger to cap a 9-1 run. She now has three goals in two Dutch victories to open the tournament.

In Canada’s opening match at the Olympics against Hungary, Emma Wright And Related Paul accounted for more than half of their team’s offensive output, scoring one goal each in the second and fourth quarters. However, it wasn’t enough to help Canada out of an early four-goal deficit as Hungary won 12-7.



Women’s rowing

Sydney Payne And Caileigh Filmer Canada went head-to-head with Rowan McKellar of Great Britain in the heats of the Women’s Eight, and McKellar’s British team won – winning Heat 1 and going straight into Saturday’s A Final. Canada came third and will compete in the repechage on Thursday. Payne is a reigning gold medallist in the event, while Filmer won bronze in the women’s pair in Tokyo.

Rowing for men
Cal had five rowers competing in the men’s eighth boats in their respective countries, including Christian Tabashwho helped the United States advance directly to the A-Final by winning the first preliminary round on Monday. Angus Dawson (Australia) and Olev Molenaar (Netherlands) each helped their boats to second place in the heats, while Frederik Breuer (Germany) and Gennaro di Mauro (Italy) took third place. Dawson, Molenaar, Breuer and di Mauro will all compete in the repechage on Thursday, with the top four boats (out of five) also advancing to the A-final.



Field hockey

Megan Rodgers Valzonis took three shots in the United States’ 1-1 draw with Spain. The Americans are now 0-1-1 in pool play and will face Australia on Wednesday.



Table tennis
American Lily Zhang defeated Brazil’s Bruna Takahashi 4-2 in the women’s singles. Zhang advances to the round of 16 on Wednesday.



Badminton

Joshua Yuan and partner Vinson Chiu of the United States lost to Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in the men’s doubles, 21-11, 21-12. Yuan and Chiu are 0-3 in the group stage.