By Syndicated Content
Jul 30, 2021 | 1:20 AM
TOKYO (Reuters) â From being just a âkidâ at the London Olympics, Wang Shun emerged as a force to be reckoned with in Tokyo after winning the 200m individual medley on Friday to secure Chinaâs first menâs swimming gold of the Games.
The 27-year-old failed to advance past the heats in London before winning bronze in Rio and standing on top of the podium in Tokyo.
Wang powered to the finish to touch in 1:55.00, just ahead of Britainâs Duncan Scott and Jeremy Desplanches of Switzerland, then straddled the lane marker in the pool with his arms outstretched in celebration.
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Ryan Murphy Says He Lost Backstroke Gold to Not Clean Russian Evgeny Rylov
On 7/30/21 at 12:42 AM EDT
The first major doping allegation from the Tokyo Summer Olympics happened shortly after the men s 200-meter backstroke on Thursday night, which was late Friday morning in Japan. And it was an American accusing a Russian swimmer of being not clean.
Shortly after the men s gold medal race ended, American Ryan Murphy said he won the silver medal instead of gold because race winner Evegny Rylov was not clean of performance-enhancing drugs.
Murphy, who was the defending Olympic champion and by far the best backstroke swimmer in America, was asked after the 200-meters if he thought the race was fair. He knew his true thoughts would probably get him into trouble, so he danced around the question and answered the parts he felt would be fair game for him to respond. He still felt like all swimmers weren t clean.
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Scott won the silver medal in the 200m individual medley and Greenbank won the bronze medal in the men s 200m backstroke.
The 24-year-old already had a gold medal from the men s 4x200m freestyle relay and a silver medal in the individual discipline.
He was in fifth place heading into the medley s final 50m on Friday morning, but he found another gear to power into second place, finishing just 0.28 seconds behind Shun Wang of China.
Scott told the BBC: It was always going to be tight, it was always going to be exciting.
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