Published: December 19, 2018
- American won four golds at London 2012 as a 17-year-old
- Injuries took toll on athlete predicted to match Michael Phelps
Missy Franklin, whose four gold medals at the age of 17 made her one of the stars of the 2012 Olympics, has announced her retirement from competitive swimming.
Franklin was expected to dominate the pool in the same way as her compatriot Michael Phelps when she burst on to the world stage at the London Games, where she became the first American woman to win four golds in a single Olympics. That prediction appeared to be coming true at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, at which she won six golds. However, injuries took their toll and her only medal at the 2016 Olympics came in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
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