Anyone know what's going on with Lindsay Benko and Erik Vendt? Are they done/retired, taking a break, etc.
Did Hall officially retire? Lenny Krayzelburg and Jenny Thompson have both said that they are done? Anyone else from the Athens crew?
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This is going to sound totally cheesy, but oh well ... Jenny Thompson is a hero of mine. I have so much respect for her. It's one thing to go to college and train and try to make an Olympic team. It's another thing all together to go to medical school and make your FOURTH Olympic team in multiple events. I would support her in trying for a fifth team. She is amazing, and a wonderful amabassador for the sport.
If the up and commers can't beat her (which they didn't at trials or the Olympics) then that'll make them work that much harder to get that much better in the future.
Edited to add, yes Kara Lynn Joyce did beat her, but she won her spot, and therefore beat many up and commers that just couldn't quite catch her ...
This is going to sound totally cheesy, but oh well ... Jenny Thompson is a hero of mine. I have so much respect for her. It's one thing to go to college and train and try to make an Olympic team. It's another thing all together to go to medical school and make your FOURTH Olympic team in multiple events. I would support her in trying for a fifth team. She is amazing, and a wonderful amabassador for the sport.
If the up and commers can't beat her (which they didn't at trials or the Olympics) then that'll make them work that much harder to get that much better in the future.
Edited to add, yes Kara Lynn Joyce did beat her, but she won her spot, and therefore beat many up and commers that just couldn't quite catch her ...
