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Ryan Murphy\u2019s Pointed Criticism of Russian Olympic Committee Was Warranted<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe, after capturing silver in the men\u2019s 200 backstroke final<\/a>, Ryan Murphy<\/strong> was frustrated. Who could blame him, since he surely expected to far surpass his marks from last month\u2019s U.S. Olympic Trials in both the 100 and 200 backstroke? Instead, he swam only hundredths faster and missed in his attempt to defend each of the gold medals he won five years ago in Rio.<\/p>\n

In a post-race NBC television interview, Murphy spoke about finishing second to a swimmer from the Russian Olympic Committee, emphasizing the banner under which all Russian athletes are competing at the Tokyo Games since the nation was officially banned for maintaining a state-sponsored doping program around the time of 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. That athlete was Evgeny<\/strong> Rylov<\/strong>, and just three days earlier, Murphy had placed third in a tight 100 back final behind Rylov and another Russian swimmer, Kliment<\/strong> Kolesnikov<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the mixed zone a few moments later, Murphy was asked if he thought the race was fair \u2013 and while he tried to hold his tongue, he made his feelings very clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got about 15 thoughts,\u201d Murphy said, \u201cThirteen of them would get me into a lot of trouble. It is what it is. I try not to get caught up in that. It is a huge mental drain on me to go throughout the year that I\u2019m swimming in a race that\u2019s probably not clean, and that is what it is. The people that know a lot more about the situation made the decision they did. It frustrates me, but I have to swim the field that\u2019s next to me. I don\u2019t have the bandwidth to train for the Olympics at a very high level and try to lobby the people who are making the decisions that they\u2019re making the wrong decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be clear, my intention is not to make any allegations here. Congratulations to Evgeny and (bronze medalist) Luke<\/strong> (Greenbank<\/strong>). I think they did an incredible job. They\u2019re both very talented swimmers. They both work really hard, got great technique. At the end of the day, I do believe there\u2019s doping in swimming. That is what it is.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Normally, winning a silver medal and then indirectly accusing the gold medalist of using banned substances is a bad look for an athlete, lending the look of a sore loser. But Murphy made clear that this was not some convenient excuse he decided to use upon not winning gold. Murphy has been an advocate for clean sport in the past, but a conversation with new FINA executive director Brent Nowicki<\/strong> at U.S. Olympic Trials soured him on the sport\u2019s efforts to keep cheaters out.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Murphy on the start in the 100 back final at the Olympics — Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher\/USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, I do believe there\u2019s doping in swimming,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cThat is what it is. I met the new FINA executive director Nowicki at Olympic Trials, and we were talking about FINA and things they want to do to push the sport forward. He was asking for my take and I was like, \u2018FINA needs to be a little bit more transparent both on the financial side and on the drug-testing side.\u2019 He said, \u2018We are working on it, it\u2019s gonna be hard and it\u2019s gonna take a long time to clear this sport of doping.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you hear that from the top, that\u2019s tough to hear. That\u2019s what I believe.\u201d<\/p>\n

When you hear that and then, in your two individual events at an Olympics, you finish behind only athletes representing a nation that has been technically banned from the Olympics for a doping program, you would understandably be ticked off.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, the Russian Olympic Committee was having none of Murphy\u2019s comments, and an official statement released on Twitter<\/a> made Murphy out to be a self-righteous and indignant loser simply looking to stir up trouble because he was upset with his results.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow unnerving our victories are for some of our colleagues,\u201d the statement reads (translated from original Russian. \u201cYes, we are here at the Olympics. Whether someone likes it or not. The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again. English-language propaganda, oozing with verbal sweat in the Tokyo heat. Through the mouths of athletes offended by defeats. We will not console you. Forgive us those who are weaker. God is their judge. And for us, an assistant.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, when you have a gold and silver medalist at odds over the integrity of the sport, maybe check with the bronze medalist to break the tie? Greenbank, the British third-place finisher did not reveal too much of his thought process, but he could not hide whose side he favored.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obviously a very difficult situation, not knowing who you race against is clean. It\u2019s something that\u2019s part of the sport,\u201d Greenbank said. \u201cIt\u2019s a frustrating situation, but I just got to keep my mind on my race and focus on what I can control.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ryan Murphy at the Tokyo Olympics — Photo Courtesy: Robert Hanashiro\/USA Today Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

Murphy only made his comments Friday morning at the conclusion of the finals session, and no other swimmers at the Olympics have gone on the record about the situation, but if two medalists are making such similar points, that suggests an ongoing conversation behind the scenes about potential violations that have either been swept under the rug or just simply missed.<\/p>\n

It should not be so much to ask for transparency in the anti-doping process, but through the years-long ordeal involving Russian athletes, little has ever been crystal clear. The three weeks prior to the Rio Olympics saw the entire country banned and then unbanned from competing, and a supposed ban this year has left every single internationally relevant Russian swimmer competing for medals, just under the country code \u201cROC\u201d instead of \u201cRUS.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Murphy and others at the top of swimming, that minuscule punishment was too opaque for him to truly be comfortable that he was racing against clean athletes, and after finishing thrice behind swimmers from the poster-child for anti-doping violations and no one else, he could not stay quiet any longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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