PARIS – American Ryan Murphy continued his impeccable Olympic record Monday by capturing the bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Murphy, who had a narrow lead with 10 meters remaining before ultimately being overtaken, secured a medal in the event for the third straight Olympic games. He won the gold medal in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before taking the bronze in Tokyo in 2021.

Murphy has now medaled in all five individual backstroke events he has entered during his Olympic career. He also won the gold in the 200 back in Rio while picking up silver in the event in Tokyo.

Murphy, who also has a pair of gold medals on relays during his Olympic career, will begin his quest for another medal in the 200 back on Wednesday.

Hugo Gonzalez of Spain also advanced to the 100 back finals and took sixth place for the second consecutive Olympics. This is Gonzalez's third Olympic Games overall.

Meanwhile, Lucas Henveaux of Belgium placed 19^th in the preliminaries of the 800 freestyle.
 
Women's Water Polo
It was a day of multi-goal efforts for Cal women's water polo's Olympic trio, as all three Bear alumni competing in Paris secured braces on Monday.

Kitty Lynn Joustra aided in the Netherlands' 15-11 comeback win over China, tying the game 8-8 on a third-quarter power play and adding a late dagger to cap a 9-1 run. She now has three goals in two Netherlands' wins to open the tournament.

In Canada's Olympic opener against Hungary, Emma Wright and Kindred Paul accounted for more than half of their team's offensive output, scoring one goal each in both the second and fourth quarters. However, it wasn't enough to help Canada out of an early four-goal hole as Hungary came away with a 12-7 win.
 
Women's Rowing
Sydney Payne and Caileigh Filmer of Canada went head-to-head against Rowan McKellar of Great Britain in the heats of the Women's Eight, and McKellar's British crew prevailed - winning Heat 1 and advancing straight to Saturday's A-Final. Canada finished third and will compete in Thursday's repechage. Payne is a defending gold medalist in the event while Filmer won the bronze in the women's pair in Tokyo. 

Men's Rowing
Cal had five oarsmen compete in their respective countries' men's eight boats, including Christian Tabash, who helped the United States advance straight to the A-Final by winning the first heat on Monday. Angus Dawson (Australia) and Olev Molenaar (The Netherlands) each helped his boat to a second-place finish in the heats, while Frederik Breuer (Germany) and Gennaro di Mauro (Italy) recorded third-place finishes. Dawson, Molenaar, Breuer and di Mauro will all compete against each other in Thursday's repechage, with the top four boats (out of five) also advancing to the A-Final.
 
Field Hockey
Megan Rodgers Valzonis took three shots in the United States' 1-1 tie with Spain. The Americans are now 0-1-1 in pool play and will next take on Australia on Wednesday.
 
Table Tennis
American Lily Zhang defeated Brazil's Bruna Takahashi 4-2 in women's singles. Zhang advances to the Round of 16 on Wednesday.
 
Badminton
Joshua Yuan and partner Vinson Chiu of the United States lost to Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in men's doubles, 21-11, 21-12. Yuan and Chiu are 0-3 in Group Play.