Swimmer Ryan Murphy Sums Up Pressure Of Olympics With Story Of His Pre-Race Routine
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The "really huge" pressure that elite athletes face was highlighted with the swim star's anecdote about his AirPods.
Olympic swimmer Ryan Murphy spoke about the pressures of competing at the very highest level on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day.” Murphy won gold in the 4x100-meter medley relay, silver in the 200-meter backstroke and bronze in the 100-meter backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics to add to the three golds he won at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. But he said he still feels immense pressure before races, illustrated by his refusal to wear in-ear AirPods to listen to music because “when I try to open the case to put them in my hands are shaking too much” to put them back in.More Related News