{"id":592735,"date":"2024-07-28T03:26:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T10:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=592735"},"modified":"2024-07-28T03:26:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T10:26:49","slug":"paris-olympics-day-2-prelims-ryan-murphy-chasing-history-in-100-backstroke-hubert-kos-earns-top-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-day-2-prelims-ryan-murphy-chasing-history-in-100-backstroke-hubert-kos-earns-top-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics, Day 2 Prelims: Ryan Murphy Chasing History in 100 Backstroke; Hubert Kos Earns Top Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Prelims: Ryan Murphy Chasing History in 100 Backstroke; Hubert Kos Earns Top Seed<\/strong><\/p>\n

The path toward history started smoothly for Ryan Murphy<\/strong> on Sunday morning, as the six-time Olympic medalist easily advanced to the semifinals of the 100-meter backstroke at the Paris Games. Murphy is trying to become the first athlete to medal in both backstroke events at three consecutive Olympics. Murphy was the gold medalist in the 100 back and 200 back in 2016, and left Tokyo with silver in the 200 back and bronze in the 100 distance.<\/p>\n

In his opening swim at La Defense Arena, Murphy clocked a time of 53.06, which was good for fourth overall in the morning session. An expert at pacing his way through the rounds, Murphy did what was necessary to book a middle lane for the night’s semifinals. Out in 25.69, the Team USA captain came home in 27.37 to finish behind Greece’s Apostolos Christou<\/strong> (52.95) in the last of six heats.<\/p>\n