After Ryan Murphy won bronze in the men’s 100-meter backstroke final, his wife Bridget Konttinen held up this sign to reveal the gender of their coming baby OlympicThreads

wasn’t Ryan Murphy’s only big moment on Monday, July 29.

After Murphy, 29, received his bronze medal for finishing third in the 100-meter backstroke race, his wife Bridget Konttinen stood in the stands and held up a handwritten sign that read, “Ryan it’s a girl!” He was later spotted in the stands hugging Konttinen before the parents-to-be shared a kiss.

“I was walking back around and Bridget was holding up a sign and it said — ‘Ryan, it’s a girl,’ ” Murphy recalled, according Murphy already has high hopes for his daughter’s future BFF, pointing out that Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence and his wife Marissa Lawrence are also expecting a girl.

“I think she’s someone who definitely gets me just motivated about life,” Murphy said in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE. “She’s super optimistic, and I think that’s just been really helpful for me in terms of my approach to the sport.”

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