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 › Missy Franklin is Going for Gold
Posted: July 25, 2012 2:20 PM
The Olympics start this week, and if you're a Coloradan, there's one person you'll be watching more closely than all the others: swimming wunderkind Missy Franklin, whose showing in London could portend historic future achievements.
 › Missy Franklin's Team USA Dream
Posted: July 5, 2012 1:20 PM
Colorado's newest Olympian heads to training camp.
 › Missy Franklin Qualifies for Her Second Individual Olympic Event
Posted: June 29, 2012 8:35 AM
Colorado swimmer Missy Franklin finished second in the 200-meter freestyle on Thursday night to qualify for her second Olympic event. How many more events can she line up for London?
 › Colorado's New Olympian: Missy Franklin
Posted: June 28, 2012 10:01 AM
Coloradan Missy Franklin qualified for the London Olympics in the 100-meter backstroke.
 › Missy Franklin's Olympic Quest
Posted: June 27, 2012 2:18 PM
Colorado teenager Missy Franklin swims tonight for a place on the U.S. Olympic team.
 › 5280 EXCLUSIVE The Bet: Could a 5280 staffer beat future Olympian Missy Franklin?
Posted: May 23, 2012 9:30 AM
Senior staff writer Robert Sanchez challenged the world's best female swimmer to a race. Seriously.
MAGAZINE
 › Golden Girl
Issue: June 2012

Missy Franklin likes texting, dancing in her basement, and having sleepovers with her friends from Regis Jesuit High School. She also happens to be the best female swimmer in the world and is poised to take home multiple medals from the London Olympic Games this summer. Meet the new face of American athletics.

 

 › Colorado Might Lose the Symphony. What Else Have We Lost?
Posted: November 9, 2011 3:23 PM
MAGAZINE
 › Life According To... Lindsey Vonn

With Olympic gold and bronze medals, a couple of ESPY awards, and more World Cup victories than any other U.S. skiier, Vail's Lindsey Vonn is arguably America's best current skier. Here, 5280 caught up with the 26-year-old golden girl to talk about her best friend, being normal, and hometown skiing. 

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 › Over the Hill

Nearing age 30, pro snowboarder JJ Thomas isn’t ready to get off the mountain—yet.

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