Bravo Dara!!

[Grace]

Dara Torres, age 41, is going to her 5th Olympics. That's the most ever for an American swimmer.

She just won the Women's 100m Freestyle in Omaha.

In the stands, cheering her on, her husband, her mother and her 2 year old daughter - along with many other fans.

[RICHARD]

Dara Torres, age 41, is going to her 5th Olympics. That's the most ever for an American swimmer.

She just won the Women's 100m Freestyle in Omaha.

YOU BEAT ME TO THE POST!

Good on her!

ANd what about all the records set?

[lizbud]

She is an awesome athlete. I saw her being featured on a local sports
report.

[RICHARD]

DT is a local girl from up the road.

Studio City, CA!

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Did anyone see the 16 y.o. gal that set the high school record -1500 meters-in the Oly track qualifiers?

[lizbud]

I read another report on this event today that discribed the scene after
her win. I really would have loved to be there.

(good choice of the song they played too)


Amanda Beard, Dara Torres
Tribune newspapers
9:26 AM CDT, July 6, 2008

OMAHA — They blasted "American Woman" over the public-address system here Friday night after 41-year-old Dara Torres took what had been an intriguing story line and turned it into a comeback story that surprised even her.

This mother of a 2-year-old girl looked like a kid again herself—waving an American flag on the pool deck—in making an unprecedented fifth Olympic team, winning the 100-meter freestyle in 53.78 seconds at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. American record holder Natalie Coughlin was second in 53.83.

Not only did Torres deliver the bombshell moment of the trials, there was a resurgent sidekick on the deck, a yin to the Torres yang, in the form of 26-year-old Amanda Beard, who made her fourth Olympic team. Beard placed second in the 200 breaststroke in 2:25.13 behind Rebecca Soni's 2:22.60.

"I knew I could make the team, but I knew it was a long shot," Beard said.



The women defied age at Qwest Center. And the men were taking down records, and equaling them. Michael Phelps broke his second world record here, this time in the 200-meter individual medley, and it had striking similarities to his first, in the 400 IM.

On both occasions, he was pushed to the limit by runner-up Ryan Lochte. Phelps won in 1 minute 54.80 seconds, under his old mark of 1:54.98, set at the World Championships last year. Lochte was second in 1:55.22.

"I just tried to hang on," said Phelps, who won his fourth individual race.

[RICHARD]

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_9798207

In depth story about Torres.