Missy Franklin!!!

Sorry!  My bad...I am so used to popping into COJ, I didn't even realize there was an Olympic Forum!  My bad.  Thanks for the tip.

We're fans in this house. Even my 6 year old son keeps talking about how he likes the American swimming girl who is still in high school .

I bet she crushes the rest of the high school competition. :D

Laughed about this when I heard she was still on her HS team. My lord, its just a race for a distant, distant second place when she is racing, I assume. 

That is the one thing about the Olympics that has always blown my mind. It is really the only stage a teenage can shine. Sure they are extremely talented and they know they are good...but how do you go to the Olympics and perform on that stage at that age... blows my mind.

That's the exact thing I thought.  Props to her, but that sucks for all the other schools they compete against.  

**SPOILER ALERT***

How many high school swim team members can now say they're the world record holder in their event??

She's getting a lot of coverage here and is very much a favourite of Canadians too - given she has dual citizenship and her parents are Canadian. She is interviewed by Canadian media after all of her races as well - we love her. She is an amazing young woman.

Interesting fact - her aunt is the team doctor for the Canadian women's soccer team.

OMG! (and I normally don't use hip acronyms) this Missy Franklin has got to be my favorite Olympic athlete ever.  How great was that interview with Bob Costas tonight?  Absolute perfection.  Forget the gold medals, this girl was as good as gold before any medals...I could not be more proud of an American athlete.  I've still got tears in my eyes.

That interview was incredible!  Her deadpan "we don't have any fun here" made me laugh SO much!

I hope all those colleges she mentioned have their A game ready for her visits...I see a fight coming on to get her!

She'll have another awesome Olympics in Rio...then the endorsements will roll in (after she finishes swimming for her college team).  Bright bright future.  I bet she's that masters swimmer still competing in 60 years....

And ya know what?  Even if she had some tragic injury that took swimming away between now and Rio, she seems like the type of person that would be just as happy and appreciative of her life...endorsements or no endorsements...money or no money.

She is a true role model...and in my opinion, the greatest Olympian in the world!!!

...and yes, that deadpan, "we don't have any fun here," was awesome!  Such poise and comedic timing!  Hopefully her parents can continue to put her in situations that maintain her well-grounded nature.

I am practicing trying to be a recovering hipster, so the thing I am about to say would have made me roll my eyes then try to gouge them out a couple years ago...... but in all earnestness, I can say this:

I hope the #1 celebrity story next spring is that Justin Bieber is Missy Franklin's date for her senior prom.