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Olympics-Swimming-Russian Rylov wins men's 200m backstroke gold

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 200m Backstroke - Final - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee in action REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Russian Evgeny Rylov won the gold medal in the men's 200m backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

Ryan Murphy of United States won the silver and Luke Greenbank of Britain took the bronze.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 200m Backstroke - Final - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee after setting a new Olympic record to win the gold medal REUTERS/Marko Djurica

(Editing by Nick Mulvenney.)

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 200m Backstroke - Final - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee looks on after setting a new Olympic record to win the gold medal REUTERS/Marko Djurica
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