American swimmer Ryan Murphy was on top of the world on Monday, even if he wasn't on the top step of the podium at the Paris Olympics.
Murphy won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke. It was the third medal he had won in the competition and the seventh medal he had won at the Olympics overall.
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Swimmer Ryan Murphy and Bridget Konttinen pose during the Golden Goggle Awards on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Ryan Murphy of the United States celebrates his bronze medal with his family after a 'gender reveal' during the men's 100m backstroke medal ceremony on day three of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena on July 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Jari Pestelacci/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
To make it even sweeter, he learned that he and his wife were having a baby girl. He saw Bridget Konttinen holding a sign that said their first child, due in January, will be a girl.
“I was walking back and Bridget was holding a sign that said 'Ryan, it's a girl,'” Murphy said. “That was the first time I heard the gender.”
“We both honestly thought it was going to be a boy. And everyone, like everyone we talked to, thought it was going to be a boy.”
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Ryan Murphy reacts after winning the men's 100-meter backstroke final on June 17, 2024, at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Murphy, a big Jacksonville Jaguars fan, noted that Trevor Lawrence and his wife are also having a baby girl.
“I hope our daughters can be friends.”
Murphy won three gold medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and one gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games, as well as a silver. She also won a bronze in Tokyo and took home bronze in Paris.
Gold medalist Thomas Ceccon of Italy stands on the podium with silver medalist Xu Jiayu, left, of China, and bronze medalist Ryan Murphy, right, of the United States, following the men's 100-meter backstroke final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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He finished behind Italian Thomas Ceccon and Chinese Xu Jiayu.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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