Bolles graduate Ryan Murphy took home an medal for the third consecutive Olympics, winning bronze in the 100-backstroke on Monday in Paris.
Discover incredible Insider Deals that will make your life a little bit easierNANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 29: Bronze Medalist Ryan Murphy of Team United States poses following the Swimming medal ceremony after the Men’s 100m Backstroke Final on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France.
Murphy finished in 52.39, finishing behind Italy’s Thomas Ceccon and China’s Xu Jiayu . It was the seventh medal of Murphy’s stellar career. He was behind Jiayu after the first 50 meters in 25.04 before Ceccon stormed back in the final 50 for the win.He’ll try to become the first male swimmer in history to medal in three straight Olympics in the 100 and 200 back. Murphy will compete in the 200 back on Wednesday in the heats and semis. The final would be Thursday if Murphy qualifies.
Murphy won gold in those two events in 2016 and then went silver in the 200 back and bronze in the 100 back in the 2020 Games. He was also a member of the gold-medal winning 4x100 medley relay team in 2016 and again in 2020.Justin Barney joined News4Jax in February 2019, but he’s been covering sports on the First Coast for more than 20 years.
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