After missing the 2012 Olympic team by.12 of a second, the former Gophers swimmer recognized he would be 30 years old by the time his next chance came around.
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So, why have the first two paragraphs of this piece been spent on a guy who has been retired since early in 2011? The faith he had in his abilities left him thinking it would be harder to walk away from his Olympic quest than to continue.
The United States’ winning streak in the 100-meter backstroke continued Monday as Ryan Murphy won with an Olympic-record 51.97 seconds for the Americans’ sixth straight gold medal in the event. American Ryan Murphy took the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 51.97.
Murphy’s back in the pool on Wednesday for the 200-meter backstroke – maybe this will be the moment he achieves his 8-year-old goal and breaks the world record.
Murphy’s time stacks up with the best ever in the race, coming up just.03 seconds short of Aaron Peirsol’s world record time from 2009.
“It meant everything to me and I’m sure it meant everything to David as well”. It’s the first medal for China in this event.
“I would have loved to have been a little faster, but to be up there on the podium at the Olympics is a dream come true”, Plummer said. Then in college, he swept the 100 and 200 backstroke NCAA titles for each of the past three years. “Following the path they set up for us, it’s really cool.”, he said.
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If Murphy was capable of extending one American streak in a backstroke event, maybe he can pull the feat in the 200 backstroke, too. “I have been trying to wrack my mind around what’s going on. I want to be the best swimmer in the world”. “To watch my teammate win, it’s about as good as it gets”.
