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Missy Franklin

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A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.

10 Signs You Might Be a Swimmer Girl

Missy Franklin sure knows how to swim #likeagirl.

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Missy Franklin In The Running To Receive ESPY Award Tonight

Missy Franklin In The Running To Receive ESPY Award Tonight

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #1 Happy 30th Birthday to the Greatest Ever

Phelps Phelps Phelps. He’s 30 now, but will be looking to add more hardware to his collection of Olympic Medals which is now 22-deep.

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Sarah Sjostrom Withdraws From 200 Free at Worlds After Swedish Nationals

The world’s 2nd-ranked 200 freestyler Sarah Sjostrom won’t swim the race at this summer’s World Championships in Russia.

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Missy Franklin Wins 2015 Honda Sports Awards As Collegiate Woman Of The Year

Multi-time NCAA Champion and Olympic gold medallist Missy Franklin was named the Collegiate Woman of the Year and awarded the Honda Cup at a ceremony in Los Angeles Monday night.

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Missy Franklin to star alongside Gronkowski, Pippen in FOX special ‘Beat the Champions’

U.S. Olympian Missy Franklin will star in a new FOX TV special called “Beat the Champions,” which will pit her and two other professional athletes against amateur athletes in handicapped competitions.

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Tickets Go On Sale Monday For 2016 US Olympic Team Trials

Our most recent count of US Olympic Trial Qualifiers as of June 23rd showed that 989 swimmers have qualified for the meet.

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Missy Franklin Nominated For Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award

Missy Franklin and Becca Meyers have been nominated as finalists to receive the 2015 ESPY Awards.

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200m Freestyle World Championship Preview: Franklin, Ledecky Looking To Sweep Podium

Ledecky has shown a fierce tenacity to go after races with no fear and to do absolutely whatever it takes to win. Both Franklin and Ledecky will be in for a challenge.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: Inaugural Edition

Missy Franklin (above) rocked Twitter with some big news along with some awesome photos. Check #2 on our list for more!

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100m Freestyle World Championship Preview: Can Campbell Be Dethroned?

Last year there were three swimmers who went sub-53, led by Cate Campbell at 52.62, and two this year with Bronte Campbell and Femke Heemskerk tied at 52.69. Based on the fast performances the last few years, we should see some more 52 second swims this summer.

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#OlympicDay: Throwback To London 2012 Olympic Tattoos

Clark Burckle, go big or go home! #OlympicRingsTat

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Missy Franklin: I Haven’t raced this tired in a long time (Video Interview)

Franklin will have her work cut out for her to get her times down by World Champs in August.

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2015 Arena Pro Swim Series at Santa Clara: Jaeger’s 14:56 in 1500 free highlights day 4 finals

Connor Jaeger (pictured) went a season-best to win the 1500 free Sunday night, picking up his third win of the weekend and improving his third-ranked time in the world this year.

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Arena Pro Swim Santa Clara final photo vault

It’s been a great 4 days of racing in NorCal as some of the world’s best swimmers converged upon the…

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