Dara just one the national title in the 100M Freestyle in 54.4 at the ripe old age of 40. Simply Incredible. :applaud: :woot:
If that's not inspiring I don't know what is.
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If she is "clean", she is making a mockery of training across the country with her long absences and reduced yardage format.
If she is not "clean", she is making a mockery of USADA and US Swimming.
Who knows for sure in the end. Too bad testing isn't rock solid.
John Smith
John, Can't we just let it be a feel good story? why do we always have to question? Dara has been very aggressive in her request for drug testing, I for one believe, she is for real.
From an ESPN article.....
Torres has never tested positive for any performance enhancers to my knowledge. She's requested random blood and urine testing from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and said she wants to be "an open book."
Torres met with USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart last year and, according to a report from The New York Times, decided to volunteer for a pilot program under the agency that "tests more broadly" for doping through blood and urine samples.
"Can USADA give Dara or some other athlete the stamp of cleanliness?" Tygart asked the newspaper. "No, the science isn't there yet." But he added, "I think a dirty athlete would be crazy to volunteer for this program."
According to the report, Tygart has yet to release any of Torres' results, but she told reporters here at the trials this week that she has been randomly tested "probably about 12 to 15 times since March."
If she is "clean", she is making a mockery of training across the country with her long absences and reduced yardage format.
If she is not "clean", she is making a mockery of USADA and US Swimming.
Who knows for sure in the end. Too bad testing isn't rock solid.
John Smith
John, Can't we just let it be a feel good story? why do we always have to question? Dara has been very aggressive in her request for drug testing, I for one believe, she is for real.
From an ESPN article.....
Torres has never tested positive for any performance enhancers to my knowledge. She's requested random blood and urine testing from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and said she wants to be "an open book."
Torres met with USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart last year and, according to a report from The New York Times, decided to volunteer for a pilot program under the agency that "tests more broadly" for doping through blood and urine samples.
"Can USADA give Dara or some other athlete the stamp of cleanliness?" Tygart asked the newspaper. "No, the science isn't there yet." But he added, "I think a dirty athlete would be crazy to volunteer for this program."
According to the report, Tygart has yet to release any of Torres' results, but she told reporters here at the trials this week that she has been randomly tested "probably about 12 to 15 times since March."
