Franklin wins 200m backstroke gold
London, Aug 04 (ANI): American teenager Missy Franklin confirmed her arrival as the new queen of the pool when she broke the world record to win the 200 metres backstroke final and become the first triple gold medallist of the London Olympics. The 17 year old from Colorado led the four lap race from start to finish to win in a time of two minutes 04.06 seconds, slashing three quarters of a second off Kirsty Coventrys world record, which was set in a now banned polyurethane bodysuit. Russias Anastasia Zueva won the silver medal and Americas Elizabeth Beisel the bronze but neither could keep up with the bubbly Franklin, who opened up a bodys length over the field after just 75 metres.
