ESPN has come up with a ranking of "toughest" sports and swimming seems, at least to me, to come up a bit short.
sports.espn.go.com/.../sportSkills
Of course, since it ranks Badminton as equal with Nordic Skiing, it MUST be right. ;)
-LBJ
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Laura,
You are right. My apologies. I will refrain from using that word, ...unless it's in the 90 and over group. (The 1:07 now is really impressive!) These two must have been considered speed demons back in their early days of competition. Unless they are late bloomers.:)
Speaking of age, swimmers are probably the few athletes on that list who train and compete well into their "middle age" and beyond. I don't recall ever seeing or hearing about masters anything, except maybe golf. Is that because they don't have orginizations like USMS for other sports?
Laura,
You are right. My apologies. I will refrain from using that word, ...unless it's in the 90 and over group. (The 1:07 now is really impressive!) These two must have been considered speed demons back in their early days of competition. Unless they are late bloomers.:)
Speaking of age, swimmers are probably the few athletes on that list who train and compete well into their "middle age" and beyond. I don't recall ever seeing or hearing about masters anything, except maybe golf. Is that because they don't have orginizations like USMS for other sports?
