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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 21. DESPITE not feeling 100 percent about 36 hours after experiencing back spasms, Missy Franklin competed in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke heats on the first day of the Pan Pacific championships.<\/p>\n

Franklin qualified for the B final in the 200 freestyle due to the meet rule that only two swimmers per country can qualify for the A final. She qualified for the A final a few minutes later in the 100 backstroke.<\/p>\n

USA Swimming released a series of quotes from Franklin after her swims, and it\u2019s notable that Franklin will swim both events tonight in finals.<\/p>\n

Franklin\u2019s thoughts on her prelim swims:<\/b>
\nI would consider this morning a success. I\u2019m really happy that I swam both events. Maybe my times weren\u2019t exactly where I wanted them to be this morning, but in relative terms I\u2019m happy with where they are.<\/p>\n

I was able to get out there and race, which is what I wanted to do. There\u2019s definitely some discomfort still, but it\u2019s getting much, much better day by day. I have an amazing staff that\u2019s working with me and I\u2019m definitely keeping my head held high. <\/p>\n

On the decision to race this morning:<\/b>
\nI was able to swim a little bit yesterday, and that felt really good to get back into the pool. I think we were definitely going to see how warmup went this morning, and after this morning I really felt like I could tough it out and do both. I\u2019m really happy that I did that. Definitely not the easiest day. I think this is my hardest day, so timing didn\u2019t work out too well. I had a good amount of warmdown in between my 200 free and 100 back and just did what I had to do this morning.<\/p>\n

Most challenging part of the swims:<\/b>
\nI think the scariest part for me was probably my starts, because my backstroke start is what set it off originally. I was a little worried (that) I hadn\u2019t done one since that incident, but everything went OK this morning. I was able to get up and get out. You are just going to take it one step at a time, and those went OK.<\/p>\n

Franklin on planning to swim both races in finals:<\/b>
\nMy coach and I decided that we are going to do both tonight. Even though there is that little bit of discomfort I figured, \u201cHeck, why not!\u201d I\u2019m just going to go for it. We\u2019ll see what happens. I have some really tough competition, but regardless of what happens I want to know that I went out there and I fought for it. If I do that, then I\u2019ll be able to sleep regardless of the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"