'It's a girl' -- American swimmer Ryan Murphy finds out his child's gender after winning a bronze

It's a girl.

That's surprise message that American swimmer Ryan Murphy got from pool deck as he looked up at his wife, Bridget Konttinen, in stands on Monday night at Paris Olympics.

Murphy won a bronze on Monday in 100-meter backstroke. As medal ceremony wound down, he saw Konttinen holding up a sign to let him know ir first child, due in January, will be a girl.

“I was walking back around and Bridget was holding up a sign and it said — ‘Ryan, it’s a girl,’" he said. “That was first time I heard gender.”

“We both — we honestly both thought it was going to be a boy,” he said. “And everyone — like everyone — we were talking to, y thought it was going to be a boy.”

A big fan of Jacksonville Jaguars, Murphy pointed out that quarterback Trevor Lawrence and his wife also have a daughter on way.

“I hope our daughters can be friends,” he said.

Murphy won three gold medals in Rio in 2016, and a gold, a silver and a bronze in Tokyo in 2021. He won his first medal in Paris after finishing behind winner Thomas Ceccon of Italy and Xu Jiayu of China.

As soon a Murphy started talking about gender news, none of questions returned to his race. It was all about baby.

“I think that just kind of like lit me up.” he said. “And really brought this night to a whole or level.”