U.S. swimmer sparks doping controversy, high octane BMX marred by crashes
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 200m Backstroke - Medal Ceremony - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee, Ryan Murphy of the United States and Luke Greenbank of Britain pose on the podium with the gold, silver and bronze medal respectively REUTERS/Marko Djurica reuters_tickers
This content was published on July 30, 2021 - 07:34
July 30, 2021 - 07:34
By Simon Evans, Mari Saito and Martyn Herman
TOKYO (Reuters) -An American swimmer sparked controversy at the Tokyo Games on Friday when he said it would take a long time to clear his sport of doping after losing his Olympic title to a Russian.