Missy Franklin To Go Head-to-Head with Katinka Hosszu, Taylor Ruck at Mare Nostrum

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Missy Franklin. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The 2018 Mare Nostrum Series opens Saturday in Canet-en-Roussilon, France, and plenty of the sports’s biggest names are slated to compete in the international meet.

The tour will give out bonuses to the top four men and women overall after the three spots with a top performer selected at the end of the series.

The complete entry list.

The big storyline for the series is Missy Franklin’s return to competition for the first time since the 2016 Rio Olympics.

At the first stop, she will compete in the 50 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 freestyle. Also in the 200 backstroke are Hungary’s Olympic gold medalist Katinka Hosszu and Canada’s Taylor Ruck, who won eight medals in April’s Commonwealth Games.

Ruck will also swim the 100 free, along with France’s record holder Charlotte Bonnet and Japan’s Rikako Ikee, the junior world record holder, each coming off of strong meet performances.

In the men’s meet, Great Britain Olympic champion Adam Peaty leads the field in the 100 breaststroke, along with compatriot Ross Murdoch, Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki and Michael Andrew of the U.S.

Andrew will also compete in the 50 free, along with Brazil’s Bruno Fratus.

There will be plenty of other intriguing races as well as the meet moves to different stops in Spain and Monaco.

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Luma Hameed Ghani
5 years ago

Fay Salam
شلون ضعفانة

Hannah Davies
5 years ago

Love a good showdown ?

Joseph Sill
5 years ago

Go Missy, I know Jack has you ready to win.

Lynette Besonday-Washburn

Go Missy!

Debbie Sheehan
5 years ago

Go, Missy!

Ibolya Garai
5 years ago

Doppingoló

Kathy Marsh
5 years ago

Go, Missy!❤️

Rick Smith
Rick Smith
5 years ago

Does anyone edit these amateurish articles? This piece makes it sound as if Houszu is an Olympic gold medalist in the 200 back. But we all know she won silver in that race to the real Gold Medalist, USA’s Maya Dorado, in one of the best races in Rio.

Siso Clearwater
5 years ago

Smoke on the water and fire in the arms!

Cate garrison
Cate garrison
5 years ago

Katinka Hossszu doesn’t have a gold medal in the 200 back. Should read “silver medalist Katinka Hosszu”.

ET
ET
5 years ago

Its says Olympic gold medalist….and she is.

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