USA's Ryan Murphy claims silver medal won 'in a race that’s probably not clean'

GB's Luke Greenbank came in third behind Ryan Murphy, the American who after the race made cryptic remarks about the event won by Russian Evgeny Rylov

Russian Olympic Committee's Evgeny Rylov with his gold medal after winning the Men's 100m backstroke, one of two golds he has won in Tokyo. Picture: Adam Davy

The men's 200m backstroke, which saw medals go to USA and Great Britain, has been overshadowed by accusations that the race, won by Russia Olympic Committee's Evgeny Rylov, was "not clean".

GB's Luke Greenbank came in third behind Ryan Murphy, the American who after the race made cryptic remarks about the event not being clean after Rylov’s victory.