The network also came under fire for spoiling the results of U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin's gold medal-winning race when it ran a "Today" show promo that revealed the outcome of the race before it was telecast that night.

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Monday night in London, Franklin won her first gold medal, in the 100-meter backstroke.

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Others, like Franklin and U.S. gold medal gymnasts Jordan Wieber and Alexandra Raisman, are also considering college.

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To do it, though, she's going to have to face down Franklin, the latest and possibly the greatest medal machine from the country that owns the pool.

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For Franklin, it was the fourth gold and fifth overall medal of her first Olympic Games.

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London (CNN) -- Young stars shone at the Olympic pool Monday as Yannick Agnel of France won his second gold medal of the London Games, American teen sensation Missy Franklin won her first and a 15-year-old Lithuanian stunned the women's 100-meter breaststroke field.

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