{"id":606832,"date":"2021-07-30T12:22:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606832"},"modified":"2021-07-30T12:22:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:22:37","slug":"us-swimmer-2016-gold-medal-winner-says-race-probably-wasnt-clean-after-losing-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-swimmer-2016-gold-medal-winner-says-race-probably-wasnt-clean-after-losing-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"US Swimmer, 2016 Gold Medal Winner, Says Race \u2018Probably Wasn\u2019t Clean\u2019 After Losing To Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-swimmer-2016-gold-medal-winner-says-race-probably-wasnt-clean-after-losing-to-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Mens-200m-Backstroke.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ryan Murphy, who took home gold medals for his backstroke ability in the 2016 Olympics, said the 200-meter backstroke race on Friday \u201cprobably wasn\u2019t clean\u201d after losing to Russia\u2019s Evgeny Rylov.<\/p>\n<p>Swimmer Ryan Murphy took home the silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke Friday in a race he said \u201cprobably wasn\u2019t clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murphy made the comment after losing out on the gold to Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). Murphy came into the race as the defending gold medal champion after his win in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got about 15 thoughts. Thirteen of them would get me into a lot of trouble,\u201d Murphy began, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/russia-roc-olympics-swimming-doping-murphy-11627623674\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>. \u201cIt is a huge mental drain on me to go throughout the year that I\u2019m swimming in a race that\u2019s probably not clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ROC hit back at Murphy over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympic_Russia\/status\/1420973051890503682\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow unnerving our victories are for some of our colleagues,\u201d the ROC\u2019s official account wrote. \u201cYes, we are here at the Olympics. Absolutely right. Whether someone likes it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again,\u201d the message continued. \u201cEnglish-language propaganda, oozing verbal sweat in the Tokyo heat. Through the mouths of athletes offended by defeats. We will not console you. Forgive those who are weaker. God is their judge. And for us \u2014 an assistant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s national team is banned from the Olympics over a blood-doping scandal at the 2014 winter Olympics, though the sanction is largely performative as all Russian athletes are still allowed to compete under the banner of the ROC. The Russian flag and anthem are both banned under the doping sanctions, though the ROC is allowed to play works from the Russian composer Tchaikovsky.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy later said that he was not accusing Rylov his fellow Russian swimmer, Kliment Kolesnikov, of cheating. He walked back his remark during a press conference alongside the Russian swimmer and the bronze medal finalist in the race, Britain\u2019s Luke Greenbank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to be clear,\u201d Murphy said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/american-ryan-murphy-sparks-doping-controversy-after-russian-swimmers-win\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cMy intention is not to make any allegations here. Congratulations to Evgeny, congratulations to Luke. They both did an incredible job. They\u2019re both very talented swimmers. They both train real hard and they\u2019ve got great technique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rylov asserted that he won the race fairly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always been for clean competition,\u201d the Russian swimmer said through a translator. \u201cI\u2019m tested. I fill out all the forms. I\u2019m for clean sport. I\u2019ve been devoting my whole life to this [sport].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three days before Murphy\u2019s loss in the 200-meter, he came in third in the 100-meter backstroke behind both Russian competitors. Kolesnikov later appeared to mock the American swimmer in a post-race press conference, according to the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy was dominant in the backstroke in 2016, winning both the 100 and 200-meter races, as well as winning a gold medal in the 4\u00d7100-meter mixed medley relay. Murphy set world records in the 200-meter backstroke and in the first leg of the relay.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Murphy, who took home gold medals for his backstroke ability in the 2016 Olympics, said the 200-meter backstroke race on Friday \u201cprobably wasn\u2019t clean\u201d after losing to Russia\u2019s Evgeny &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}