Why has Missy Franklin struggled in Rio?

Missy Franklin’s main stroke is backstroke, for which she holds the world record in. The only races she has done so far are freestyle events, so there is still a chance she might do better in the days to come. She is scheduled to swim the 200m backstroke on Thursday, August 11th. read more

[Missy Franklin summons vintage performance to take Rio berth] And now, the piling on. Theories abound. After the 2012 Olympics, Franklin still had one more year of high school in her native Centennial, Colo. read more

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dance parties. Dark chocolate. Calls to mom. All are helping Missy Franklin cope with an Olympics gone wrong. A huge star at the London Games four years ago, Franklin has been one of the biggest U.S. disappointments in Rio de Janeiro — an inexplicable fall she's at a loss to explain. read more