American swimmer Lilly King doubled down on criticism of Russian athletes hours after the president of the Russian Olympic Committee said his teams' medals are the "best answer" to critics who questioned why the country is allowed to compete following doping scandals. "There are a lot of people here that should not be here," said King, who won a silver and a bronze medal in Tokyo. After competing under the moniker OAR — Olympic Athletes From Russia — at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games, it has competed as the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in Japan. Russian athletes have won 40 medals in Tokyo, 11 of them gold. Murphy bemoaned Friday that his races were "probably not clean" after taking the silver medal behind Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov in the 200-meter backstroke.

Source: Fox News August 01, 2021 10:52 UTC