To the “Could Have Been Ours” list of Olympians that includes ice dancer Tanith Belbin, moguls skier Dale Begg-Smith, hockey’s Brett Hull, and probably a few we’ve forgotten, we can now add the name of Missy Franklin.

The bubbly 17-year-old, born of Canadian parents in Pasadena, Calif., carrying dual citizenship, has already proven conclusively in the first four days of the London Olympics that Canadian bloodlines do not preclude swimming fast.

She just opted not to do it for Canada

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