In the background, South Africa’s noisy contingent of coaches and swimmers celebrated Tatjana Schoenmaker’s world record in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Summer Games on Friday. But the moment represented much more to King and Lazor, who finished second and third, than the brush with history. After Lazor edged King in the 200 breaststroke at trials last month, Lazor appeared in shock while King celebrated her friend’s victory as if an Olympic gold medal had been won. AdvertisementIn other finals, Ryan Murphy, the defending gold medalist in the 200 backstroke, settled for silver behind Russia’s Evgeny Rylov, who set an Olympic record. He holds the world record in the event and, for good measure, clocked the third-fastest time in history to set an Olympic record Friday.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 30, 2021 04:39 UTC