How Dara Torres Does It
First Clipped on Jul. 9, 2008
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You think you're fit? At 41, swimmer Dara Torres just qualified for her fifth Olympic Games. Since she made her Olympic debut in 1984, Torres has won nine medals, including four golds. (She also competed in 1988, 1992 and 2000.) She is set to try again in the 50-meter freestyle, the 4-by-100-meter medley relay and the 4-by-100-meter freestyle relay. She has the option to also compete in the 100-meter freestyle. Last August, after taking a seven-year break and recovering from back and knee surgery—and just 15 months after giving birth to her first child—Torres won the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. Nationals.
