Missy Franklin has her sights set on eight events at swimming's world championships in Barcelona as she heads a youthful US team aiming to maintain American dominance despite Michael Phelps's departure. The Americans' youth movement was already in evidence at the 2012 London Olympics, where Franklin's five medals included four golds and then 15-year-old Katie Ledecky denied home hope Rebecca Adlington to win the 800m freestyle.
Franklin, now 18, set herself up for another strong international showing with world-leading times in the 100m and 200m backstrokes at the US trials in June, where she also put herself among the world leaders in winning the 100m and 200m freestyles. Franklin is also slated to swim the 50m backstroke and three relays, and left Indianapolis focused on getting even faster by the time she arrives in Barcelona. Ledecky, now 16, won the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyles at the US trials and finished second to Franklin in the 200m free.
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