…Look no further than the US Women’s Swim team. Dara Torres has secured herself a spot in the 2008 Olympics at age 41. Torres is the comeback kid of these Olympics – resuming her career while she was pregnant with her now two year old daughter, and winning the Olympic Trial finals in the 100m freestyle only .02 seconds off her best time. This will be her 5th Olympics. Torres is truly an inspiration to women everywhere…and someone I’ll be watching (and cheering for) come August!
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I LOVE the Olympics, Wendy! I have been reading Torres’ story and feel so inspired by her (as I do by so many Olympians of all nationalities). I was just commenting on LT how I am a sucker for those Bob Costas human interest pieces he does during the Olympic coverage. =)
I can’t wait to see Torres’ quest for the gold in August!
Very inspirational, and she puts her money (or her specimen cup) where her mouth is as far as steroid accusations. (Michael Phelps does as well.) I wish other athletes who vehemently deny their drug use would take the steps Torres and Phelps have to prove they’re clean, i.e., signing up for additional drug testing to be administered by a third party testing group at random times chosen by the group.
Um, guess I could have worded that a bit better. You know what I mean.
Jill: I love the Olympics too
And I just eat up those human interest pieces…makes it so much more fun to watch when you know something about the athletes, doesn’t it?
Verbatim: LOL – I know what you mean!