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Amazing...she finishes her heat and gets the 8th spot in the finals, 10 minutes later swims in the final and wins gold...I'm very impressed!!!
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/swimming/story/_/id/8215209/2012-london-olympics-missy-franklin-wins-100-meter-backstroke
LONDON -- American teenager Missy Franklin won the women's 100-meter backstroke at the London Olympics on Monday.
Franklin won the two-lap race in 58.33 seconds for her first Olympic gold and second medal after taking bronze in the 4x100 freestyle relay.
Emily Seebohm of Australia touched in 58.68 to take the silver medal and Aya Terakawa of Japan finished in 58.83 to take bronze.
Franklin swam little more than 10 minutes after taking the eighth and final qualifying spot in the 200 freestyle semifinals.
Yavin4
(35,357 posts)Did you see her ESPN interview? They asked her about her expectations for the games, and she started talking about meeting cute English boys.
The interviewer said, "I meant the competition", and she said, "Oh, that too."
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Good for her...great to see her doing so well...and maybe she'll be doing well later, too!