Missy Franklin bags another Gold in swimming

Sets World record to win  200m backstroke

American teenager Missy Franklin set a world record in the 200 backstroke Friday for her third gold and fourth medal overall at the London Olympics. Franklin clocked 2 minutes, 4.06 seconds, 0.75 quicker than the mark set by Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe at the 2009 world championships in Rome in a now-banned bodysuit.

On the first day of the swimming competition at the Olympics, Franklin won a bronze medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay with Jessica Hardy, Lia Neal, and Allison Schmitt, with the team finishing behind Australia and the Netherlands.

 

In her first individual event on the third day of the swimming competition, the 100-meter backstroke, Franklin won the gold medal with a time of 58.33, beating her own national record.

Franklin won her third medal of the meet, a gold, in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay with Dana Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland, and Allison Schmitt. Swimming the lead-off leg, Franklin posted a time of 1:55.96 and the American team finished with a time of 7:42.92, a new American record.