Evgeny Rylov was banned for nine months by the International Swimming Federation last week. On Sunday, he entered the Russian national championships.

The title of Youth Olympic Games gold medalist stamped him as a future star. When he was crowned a European and world champion, he distinguished himself as a global force. For legendary status, ...

After losing to Russian swimmers in two races at the Olympics, American backstroke star Ryan Murphy said Friday that doping remains a huge problem in the sport and he wonders if all his competitors ...

TOKYO — Ryan Murphy clearly believes there’s more he can say than what he said Friday after taking second in the men’s 200 backstroke, behind Evgeny Rylov of Russia — er, the Russian Olympic Committee ...

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Rylov's ban from swimming an "absurdity" during a meeting with Olympians at the Kremlin.

For three years, Russian swimmers were largely absent from international swimming competition, exiled as a result of their country’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee ...

On July 26, Murphy won the silver medal in the men’s 200 meter backstroke with a time of 1:54.12. Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov won the gold medal with a time of 1:53.40. Fellow American swimmer Jacob ...

TOKYO, July 27. /TASS/. Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov won the Olympic gold in men’s 100m backstroke event in Tokyo on Tuesday, while another Russian, Kliment Kolesnikov, took the silver. Rylov set a ...