PARIS, July 29 (Xinhua) -- China's Xu Jiayu praised rival Thomas Ceccon after finishing second to the Italian in the men's 100m backstroke final at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
Xu touched the wall just 0.32 seconds behind Ceccon and less than a tenth of a second faster than Ryan Murphy and Apostolos Christou.
"I think the result was pretty good," the 28-year-old said. "I was leading the race. I respect m
