Hunter Armstrong may not have been in the water during the final, but the Ohio State standout’s work getting the men’s 4×100 medley relay to the final brought him a Gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. In the final, Armstrong’s U.S. teammates Ryan Murphy (backstroke), Michael Andrew (breaststroke), Caeleb Dressel (butterfly), and Zach Apple (freestyle) combined for the Gold after swimming a world record time of 3:26.78 in the final event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Tokyo Aquatic Center Saturday night (Sunday morning Tokyo time). Rob Oller: Buckeyes swimmer Hunter Armstrong makes magic in Olympic trials Armstrong, a 2019 Dover High School graduate, earned a Gold medal as well, as he and his teammates helped the men’s 4×100 medley relay swim team to a seventh-place showing after the preliminaries Friday morning. The top eight teams from two heats advanced to the final Saturday night. Armstrong and his teammates deferred to faster and fresher…
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