Cal swimmers help U.S. finish second, but it ended the Americans' unbeaten gold-medal streak in the men's 4x100 medley relay
Three Cal swimmers won silver medals in the men’s 4x100 medley relay on Sunday, but it ended a streak of dominance by the United States in that event.
The U.S. had won gold medals in the men’s 4x100 medley relay in all 15 Olympics in which it had participated , and had won gold in each of the last 10 Olympics in that event. This time Cal graduate Ryan Murphy, in what probably will be the final Olympic swim of his life, swam the leadoff backstroke leg for the U.S. in the final, and Hunter Armstrong, a member of Cal’s training program, sawm the freestyle final leg. Those two along with breaststroker Nic Fink and butterfly star Caeleb Dressel finished in a time of 3:28.01, which was 0.55 of second behind the gold-medal-winning team from China. The Americans finished 0.37 of second ahead of third-place France.
Jack Alexy, who just completed his junior season at Cal, swam in a Saturday heat in the 4x100 medley relay that got the U.S. qualified for the final. He did not swim in the final but still earns a silver medal for his contribution.He won three medals in this Olympics – a gold in the mixed 4x100 medley relay, a silver in the men’s 4x100 medley relay and a bronze in the 100 backstroke.
Scheffler shot a blistering 9-under-par 62 on Sunday to finish one shot ahead of Tommy Fleetwood of Great Britain, whose bogey on the 17th hole hurt his chances for a gold medal, relegating him to a silver medal.An finished with the same four-round total as Morikawa at 6-under, tied for 24th place. A triple-bogey on the 17th hole on Sunday led to a 1-over-par 72 in An’s final round. An played golf at Cal for one year before turning pro.
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