Missy Franklin does it again, winning gold medal in 200m backstroke

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By Kyle Grabowski
August 3, 2012 | Updated on: August 17, 2012
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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 26: Missy Franklin of the United States of America swims backstroke during a training session ahead of the London Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre in Olympic Park on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

SPOILER ALERT. For those of you planning on watching NBC’s tape delay tonight, feel free to read another article. Everyone else may continue.

Budding Olympic superstar and Coloradan Missy Franklin won the gold medal in the 200m backstroke. It was her third gold medal and fourth medal of the Olympics overall.

She set a world record in the 200m backstroke, touching the wall at 2:04.06. Anastasia Zueva of Russia finished second more than a second and a half behind at 2:05.92.

Kirsty Coverntry of South Africa previously set the record at the 2009 world championships.

Franklin is finished competing in individual events for the Olympics, but will swim in the 4x100m medley relay Saturday.

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About Kyle Grabowski

Sports Editor Kyle covers Colorado State University sports for the Rocky Mountain Collegian. He is entering his senior year at CSU and has covered every Division-I sport the school offers. Eventually he'd like to cover a Final Four, Super Bowl, and World Cup.

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 Posted by on August 3, 2012 at 1:12 pm COins, Colorado INsider Tagged with: , , , ,  Add comments
  • Aj Bender

    Missy is an inspiration and the picture of determination, confidence and caring. This young lady at age 17 has dedicated her medals to her home state of Colorado. How awesome is that? She’s got a big heart and it shows. It’s also fantastic that this young lady has faith. We love swimming in my house and have been keeping up with it since day one. The real challenge has been trying to keep up with what sport is on which channel. Luckily, I upgraded to the Hopper a few months ago on the suggestion of a Dish co-worker. This new DVR comes with three tuners and 2,000 hours of space! That’s four times more than your average DVR and I won’t run out of space when I’m recording all these events. Missy’s got 3 gold medals to date and one bronze. Not too shabby! I’m also impressed by the fact that she wants to swim in college rather than swoop up all of her endorsements. I really respect and love her for that.