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- Updated: August 4, 2016
The original game plan drawn up by Missy Franklin and her longtime coach, Todd Schmitz, envisioned a program for this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro identical to what Franklin handled four years ago in London. The plan called for a quartet of individual events, along with duty on each of the United States’ three relays.
Blueprints don’t always produce expected outcomes, however, and when Franklin left the United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, she faced a lighter schedule for her second Olympiad. Not in peak form as the American squad for Rio was assembled, Franklin used guts and grit to earn spots on the Team USA roster in the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke, and as a member of the 800 freestyle relay.
Because Franklin did not replicate her Olympic- and world-title form at Trials, she’s found herself less in the spotlight than previous competitions. A look at some tout sheets going into the Games reveals that Franklin is not tabbed as a medal favorite in either of her individual events, including the 200 backstroke, where she is the reigning Olympic champion.
At her press conference on Wednesday, Franklin took time to address what unfolded at Trials.
“I’ve felt for the past several months that I am in the best shape I have ever been in,” Franklin said. “I think Trials was just a very different experience for me, and I think I wasn’t really prepared for the emotional aspect of it…Coming in this year, I think I felt the pressure a lot more than I ever have before. I’ve normally been able to handle that really well, and that was something that I really struggled with at …
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