hello!! im new to these boards, and was wondering what y'all thought. Most of the time in the Olympics the ages of swimmers seem to be between the early teens to about early 30s. (pardon me if im wrong on this.) Is there some sort of age cap here? it seems that way to me. I am 23, LOVE swimming and still dream about what if i had devoted my time to my olympic dream. what if i started now, would I be at that level. I beleive you are the age u feel u are. its just a number. what do YOU think? :)
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The aorta thing is kind of like saying "Jumanji" three times fast. You'll see an innocent one page thread turn into twenty something. :) loaded with medical jargon and lots of drama.
In all seriousness, I think we'll begin to see more swimmers staying in the game longer just because not everyone is throwing in the towel at a young age. Perhaps too many people were convinced that swimmers in their late twenties were considered over-the-hill. I think we'll begin to see more "seasoned" athletes sticking it out in the shorter distance events.
The aorta thing is kind of like saying "Jumanji" three times fast. You'll see an innocent one page thread turn into twenty something. :) loaded with medical jargon and lots of drama.
In all seriousness, I think we'll begin to see more swimmers staying in the game longer just because not everyone is throwing in the towel at a young age. Perhaps too many people were convinced that swimmers in their late twenties were considered over-the-hill. I think we'll begin to see more "seasoned" athletes sticking it out in the shorter distance events.
