Ryan causes a riot

Good job: The United States’ Ryan Murphy (right) gives a thumbs up to Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee after Rylov won the men’s 200m backstroke final. — AP

TOKYO: Ryan Murphy lost the second of his Rio backstroke titles to Russian Evgeny Rylov at the 2020 Olympics and the US swimmer then suggested doping had played a part in his demise as events took an acrimonious turn at the Tokyo pool.

Another morning of memorable racing saw Tatjana Schoenmaker win the women’s 200m breaststroke in a world record 2:18.95 to deliver South Africa’s first gold medal of the Games, while China won their first men’s swimming gold in Tokyo, Wang Shun coming home first in the 200m medley.