USA male swimmer Ryan Murphy found out gender of baby after winning bronze at Paris Games

There are not many things that top the feeling of winning an Olympic medal.

That is unless you experienced what USA male swimmer Ryan Murphy did Monday at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Shortly after earning his third consecutive Olympic medal in the 100m backstroke, the three-time Olympian found out he was going to become a "girl dad" as his wife, Bridget Konttinen, revealed the sex of their baby to him in the stands with a customized cardboard sign that included the words of, "Ryan It's A Girl!."

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"Tonight was extra special. My wife has told me that we are having a baby girl so that is some incredible news (and) even better than winning a bronze medal," Murphy told the media in Paris after winning the bronze.

He added: "We had been guessing for a couple weeks now what the gender was gonna be, so that was a great way to find out. I think that just kind of like lit me up and really brought this night to a whole-‘nother level.”

Murphy edged out Greece male swimmer Apostolos Christou by a whole two seconds to find his way to the podium in Paris and win his seventh overall Olympic medal.

With the bronze medal, Murphy made some history as he became the second male swimmer to earn three career Olympic medals in the 100m backstroke. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Murphy medaled gold in the event while he medaled in bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

It was also, at the time, the 10th medal that the United States had won in the pool at the Paris Games. With 11 overall medals thus far in swimming, the United States is leading its rival in the pool, Australia, by five total medals at 11-6. Overall in Paris, the United States is currently in first among all countries and delegations in the overall medal count at 20.

Murphy will now look to add to his medal count in Paris with the 200m backstroke, which begins tomorrow, July 31 starting with the heats at 5:20 a.m. ET. If Murphy is able to finish at the top of his heat, he will advance to the semifinals later Wednesday at 3:47 p.m. ET with a spot in Thursday's finals up for grabs.

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