Star U.S. swimmer Ryan Murphy: His Tokyo races "probably not clean"

Tokyo — American backstroke star Ryan Murphy suggested Friday that his races at the Tokyo Olympics were "probably not clean," seeming to take aim at Russian swimmers who beat him in two events.

Murphy made the comments Friday after taking the silver medal behind Evgeny Rylov in the 200-meter backstroke. Three days ago, he settled for bronze in the 100 back, touching after both Rylov and another Russian, Kliment Kolesnikov. At a news conference with the other medalists, Murphy said he wasn't making any allegations and congratulated Rylov.