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Missy Franklin skipped a few steps. A talented 16-year-old with high school swim meets, chemistry and proms in her future, Franklin figured to turn some heads at these swimming world championships. Get her name out there. But she hasn’t merely shown she belongs. She’s gone straight from just-happy-to-be-here to burgeoning superstar.

Ryan Lochte has set the first world record since high-tech body suits were banned in swimming, breaking his own mark in winning the 200-meter individual medley at the world championships.

For those who thought Michael Phelps was just stopping by for a Roman holiday, no way.

Beaten the night before in the 200 freestyle, he sets a mark in the 200 butterfly. For Michael Phelps, the 200-meter butterfly was almost like coming home, and if you want to keep that domestic theme intact, he called it his "bread and butter."

Germany's Britta Steffen and the Netherlands relay team have kept up the record breaking at the world championships.