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From left, Ryan Murphy, of United States, Evgeny Rylov, of Russian Olympic Committee, and Luke Greenbank, of Britain, pose with their medals after the men's 200-meter backstroke final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on July 30, 2021. Gregory Bull/AP Photo
American swimmer Ryan Murphy suggested some competitors were doping at the 2020 Olympics after losing in two races to Russian swimmers.
“It is a huge mental drain on me to hear I’m swimming in a race that’s probably not clean,” Murphy told reporters after losing to Evgeny Rylov in the 200-meter backstroke. “That is what it is.”
