Olympics-Swimming-American Murphy says 200m backstroke race 'probably not clean'

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Ryan Murphy said Friday's 200m backstroke final was "probably not clean" after he lost his Olympic title to Russian Evgeny Rylov but the U.S. swimmer quickly walked back his comments when asked if he was accusing any of his rivals of cheating. Murphy won gold in the 100 and 200 Rio finals but Rylov won both titles in Tokyo, setting an Olympic record for the 200 on Friday. "I've got 15 thoughts, 13 of them would get me into a lot of trouble," said Murphy when asked by a reporter shortly after his event if he had any concerns about his races in relation to doping.

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