Since I am in the Dixie Zone, I was perusing the results of meets this weekend and saw that Dara Torres, who turned 40 on Sunday, went 21.91 in the 50 free and 48.34 in the 100 free this weekend in St. Petersburg this past weekend. I guess that she is serious about this comeback. It will be interesting to see how she can do long course.
Since I was at Y Nationals, I looked up results to see how she would have done against the men. There was one 31 yo who was faster in both the 50 and 100 and a 45 yo who was faster in the 100 by a small amount. Pretty incredible.
I bet there will be some people who feels she's "stealing" a spot from a younger athlete who hasn't been to the Olympics before.
Just to say "I told ya so," here's a quote from someone using the ID "50M Warrior" on Timed Finals about Dara:
If Dara does squeak onto yet another OLY team, which is what this post originally brought up, she deprives one or more Olympic hopefuls of fulfilling their lifetime dream, one they have struggled mightily to achieve. Sure, it’s “fair” that she makes it onto the team, but is it right? Is it…decent?
Here's the full story with all the comments:
www.timedfinals.com/.../
I bet there will be some people who feels she's "stealing" a spot from a younger athlete who hasn't been to the Olympics before.
Just to say "I told ya so," here's a quote from someone using the ID "50M Warrior" on Timed Finals about Dara:
If Dara does squeak onto yet another OLY team, which is what this post originally brought up, she deprives one or more Olympic hopefuls of fulfilling their lifetime dream, one they have struggled mightily to achieve. Sure, it’s “fair” that she makes it onto the team, but is it right? Is it…decent?
Here's the full story with all the comments:
www.timedfinals.com/.../
