Ryan Murphy 100 yard dash

Ryan Murphy secured his seventh Olympic medal with a bronze in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2024 Paris Olympics, finishing with a time of 52.39 seconds. This marks his third consecutive Olympic medal in the event, following gold in 2016 and bronze in 2021. Thomas Ceccon of Italy won gold, while China's Jiayu Xu took silver, both finishing ahead of Murphy. Murphy's Olympic record from the 2016 Rio Games remains unbroken at 51.85 seconds. He is poised to compete in the men's 200-meter backstroke and potentially in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay, aiming to make history by winning medals in both events across three Olympics. Murphy expressed heightened awareness of performance pressure this time around, contrasting his earlier, more naive approach to competition.