this morning, everyone is talking about missy franklin's struggles in the pool. cheryl preheim is in rio with more. cheryl, she had a tough night. >> reporter: she did. you know, she didn't look like herself and we noticed that before, during, and after the race. before the race, she looked i worked as hard as i could. i'm proud of that. but letting my team down is very hard. i gave it all that i had and that's all i could ask for. >> you know, it says something about missy, in that moment, she is not thinking about herself, she is thinking about her team. and her team has always meant a team usa. and as she was standing there in tears, she was graciously applauding her teammate katie le decky who is having the olympics of her life. i think that just says so much about missy, you guys. and one thing i have just been considering, is that really her secret sauce has been the joy of swimming. the love of the sport. being free. dancing behind the blocks. and this time around, she has been pretty candid about saying how the pressure, the expectation, and fighting back but sh

but for colorado's golden girl, last night, it was a night of and cheryl, missy franklin just couldn't get it going last night. >> reporter: no, she didn't just really look like herself and we noticed that before the race. and after the race as well. she was nervous. visibly nervous. taking deep breaths. trying to focus and calm herself before she got on the blocks and when she got in the water, the first two laps looked strong staying up there in the pack and the third leg the end she found herself in a position she had never been in before. again, she looked good in that first part of the race. but struggled a little bit later. we talked after the race, she was in tears, she had not made the final. >> it is hard. i don't really know, you know, i just did nye best. i worked as hard as i could. i'm proud of that. never feels good. but i gave it all that i had. and that's all i can ask for. >> reporter: that is missy. smiling even three her tears. looking for a positive note there. and one thing i think everyone should know, in that moment when she is really devastated you know what she

and will that success continue today when coloradan missy franklin hits the pool? we hope so. >> cheryl preheim and matt will join us from reo in just a

and will that success continue today when coloradan missy franklin hits the pool? we hope so. >> cheryl preheim and matt will join us from reo in just a action in rio. first let's get you set for the day with a look at the week ahead. marty coniglio is in the 9 news backyard. a hot start to the workweek. >>> it is going to be, much warmer today, temperatures in the low 90s. storm chances are small here. though it is very stormy on the western slope. it does turn cooler later this week. it is fairly quiet around here now, a couple of wannabe showers to the east and it has been extremely active however from the san juans through the elk mountains and the aspen area and now especi colorado river, and back to glenwood canyon, and in northwestern colorado. these are not huge storms. they are not covering gigantic areas but just a tremendous amount of lightning in these storms. and in the last 30 minutes, almost 700 whitening strikes in these storms -- lightning strikes in these storms. and these will begin to die down between now and 9:00 a.m. a quiet morning. mid-60s now. and upper 70s, by

cheryl preheim. you look great. >> i needed that, matt, thank you. >> and we asked missy franklin, who does she love to watch swim the most? >> honestly, katie. i mean it is so hard not to just like jaw-drop whenever katie le decky swims. she is kind of re-writing the rules of our sport right now. when she is swimming, it is so dominating that it is like oh, my gosh, it is so inspiring to watch. >> katie led the 800 relay team last night. missy did swim in the prelims to get team usa in the finals and the second fastest time and fighting her way back after a tough start to the week. >> we should explain because missy swam in the prelim and helped get the seed in the team for the finals she gets a gold meda gold medal of the swimming career. here we are in rio. among the greatest athletes of the world. and we were thinking, you know, we are working out, i mean we are walking, we are walking anyway. >> we are walking. the olympics are always a lot of walking. eight, nine miles a day, carrying lots of stuff. you know, i don't know if it is quite what the athletes are doing but we are getting in our exercise. >> yes.

colorado's missy franklin will try to set her up for another gold. >> matt and cheryl are on their way to the aquatic center. here's a breakdown of olympic canoeing and kayaking. demonstration at the 1924 olympics in paris. they became official sports of the 1936 olympics in berlin, at the munich games in 1972 slalom course racing was added and has been an event ever since. the canoeing events include one or two person boats while kayaking as one, two and four person boats. both din and sprint events. canoe slalom racing, the boat has a minimum length of 3 1/2 meters for one person and a single blade saddle is used to help steer. the whitewater course in rio is man made and will require navigation between 18 and 25 gates. at a green gate it's negotiated paddling downstream with the current direction. gate, reverse direction and paddle upstream through the gate against the current completing a 360-degree turn to get credit for clearing that gate. judges line the course to enforce penalties for touching the gates. a two second penalty is incurred for touching a gate and a50 second penalt

cheryl out at the rio olympics, all the work they've been putting in. >> i can remember the moment matt was playing pokemon go on air in rio. never forgettable. and colorado's own missy franklin, a hot topic of course. your week on this week's top >>> welcome back. the u.s. makes olympic history in the summer games and the local athletes competing made our viewers very proud. >> plus, the sentence for a convicted rapist, we've got all kinds of thoughts to share in our 9 listens report, here's kim perpetrator's future and life has more value to our society than that of the victim. and i think that's wrong >> reporter: a strong reaction to the jail work release probation program for the former cu student convicted of rape. more comments rngs until cases like this are taken more seriously, judges are going to continue to feel bad for the perpetrator and idiots will continue to rape because they won't we should all be outraged. >>> sports, pattic wahl resigned as coach for the avalanche. one comment: i'm sad to see him go because his name and the avs have been linked so long. but i can't blame him. draft picks have been sketchy ask they're unwilling to make any blockbuster trades