Russia's Evgeny Rylov Wins Olympic Men's 100m Backstroke Gold

Zeeshan Mehtab Published July 27, 2021 | 08:40 AM

Russia's Evgeny Rylov wins Olympic men's 100m backstroke gold

Tokyo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Jul, 2021 ) :Evgeny Rylov led a Russian one-two to win the men's 100m Olympic backstroke gold medal in Tokyo on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old hit the wall in 51.98sec to edge team-mate Kliment Kolesnikov, who touched in 52.00, ahead of American defending champion Ryan Murphy in 52.19.

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