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.
Sorry, I really can't buy this at all. What makes her a role model - that she can train hard and dream? This is her job and it's a really cool sweet job we'd all love to have but that's really about it. I don't get the role model/hero status that people are heaping upon her. Everyone out there at trials has an impressive story, they just don't get the press and drag their kids on the podium.
If you set aside the PED discussion I will gladly grant she is inspirational or motivational but is she someone you want to emulate, up to you I guess.
I happen to be familiar with the mother of one of our Olympians. What she has done for the local swimmers and her family to support Olympic dreams is much more worthy of praise. When you see hundreds of people come up to her to thank and congratulate her, well that is much more of what a role model should be.
Agree 100%. We don't have enough of that now! We don't hear enough about it. We have too many people making statements like this one, "I wasn't some Tammy Wynette Stand-by-Your-Man woman. I didn't just stay home and bake cookies."
Proud to be a cookie-baker and a "Stand by Your Man" kind of woman!
Sorry, I really can't buy this at all. What makes her a role model - that she can train hard and dream? This is her job and it's a really cool sweet job we'd all love to have but that's really about it. I don't get the role model/hero status that people are heaping upon her. Everyone out there at trials has an impressive story, they just don't get the press and drag their kids on the podium.
If you set aside the PED discussion I will gladly grant she is inspirational or motivational but is she someone you want to emulate, up to you I guess.
I happen to be familiar with the mother of one of our Olympians. What she has done for the local swimmers and her family to support Olympic dreams is much more worthy of praise. When you see hundreds of people come up to her to thank and congratulate her, well that is much more of what a role model should be.
Agree 100%. We don't have enough of that now! We don't hear enough about it. We have too many people making statements like this one, "I wasn't some Tammy Wynette Stand-by-Your-Man woman. I didn't just stay home and bake cookies."
Proud to be a cookie-baker and a "Stand by Your Man" kind of woman!
