Ryan Murphy gets a bronze medal in swimming then finds out he'll be a 'girl dad'

PARIS — For American swimmer Ryan Murphy it was a life-affirming two-in-one: He had just won bronze in the men’s 100-meter backstroke when he found out his pregnant wife was having a girl.

PARIS — For American swimmer Ryan Murphy it was a life-affirming two-in-one: He had just won bronze in the men’s 100-meter backstroke when he found out his pregnant wife was having a girl.

While walking to the podium Monday, Murphy’s wife, Bridget, held up a sign saying, “Ryan it’s a girl!”

Murphy, 29, already had six Olympic medals going into Paris 2024, including four individual titles and back-to-back wins in the 4x100m medley, first alongside Michael Phelps in Rio 2016 and then in a team that included Caeleb Dressel in Tokyo 2021.

Australia currently leads the swimming medals table with three golds, with Team USA in second with two. The United States has the most swimming medals in total, with 11.

On Monday, after winning bronze behind Italy’s Thomas Ceccon, who took gold, and China’s Xu Jiayu in silver, he said that the message from his wife capped an unforgettable evening.

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/ryan-murphy-bronze-medal-girl-dad-rcna164220

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