IRVINE, Calif. — Missy Franklin will be absent from the two biggest international swim meets leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The four-time 2012 Olympic champion did not make a final at nationals, failing to qualify for the Pan Pacific Championships in August and the 2019 World Championships in South Korea.
Franklin placed outside the top eight in the 200m freestyle heats on Thursday morning. On Wednesday, she was 22nd in the 100m free heats. Franklin is done at nationals.
She did not enter her trademark backstroke events later this week as she works her way back from surgeries on each shoulder 18 months ago.