PARIS — For American swimmer Ryan Murphy it was a life-affirming ... who took gold, and China’s Xu Jiayu in silver, he said that the message from his wife capped an unforgettable evening.

“I was walking back around and Bridget was holding up a sign and it said – ‘Ryan, it’s a girl,’” said Murphy, who finished behind China’s silver medallist Xu Jiayu and Italy gold ...