Dara Torres-Amazing

Now that's funny Kristina!!!!!!:lmao::lmao::thhbbb:

At 40 and swimming at the level that she's at. . . I'd still be IMPRESSED even if she were doping. Ain't no amount of rocket fuel gonna get me to that level. When Scott the author of those three articles compared his back going out to childbirth, I simply. . . :rofl::rofl::lmao::lmao: Some lady sure got his panties in a wad.

I started reading and couldn't get past the first page of nonsense! According to what I could get out of it....it's all speculation.....not an ounce of data to support any of his assumptions. Along with Barry Bonds....I'll believe in them until some facts come in proving they are guilty! Swim on Dara......you are truly an inspiration to us all!!!! And just to add a little bit on the Bonds situation......if you don't have proof, and I don't mean a pissed off girlfriend or former employee that says they think he did, don't bother arguing.....If you're going to use Bonds as a reason for saying people are doping.....show me proof.

If someone went there I will too. Doping was the first thought that came to my mind after actually considering the situation. Maybe i'm a cynic, maybe watching le tour has put it into my mind that everyone is doping, maybe Barry Bonds made me see doping behind every great performance, or maybe she actually is doping. Who knows.

She is an insipriation for all of us. :banana::cheerleader::party2::wine: Or maybe not, if it turns out she's doping: canuckswimmer.blogspot.com/.../i-came-to-praise-torres-but-intend-to.html canuckswimmer.blogspot.com/.../i-came-to-praise-torres-but-intend-to_27.html canuckswimmer.blogspot.com/.../i-came-to-praise-torres-but-intend-to_28.html

What's interesting, is that every swimmer except for one in that final weren't even born the first time she made the Olympic Team in 1984. Only 4 of the 24 in ALL finals heats were alive. How's that for some perspective?

The circumstantial evidence against Bonds is overwhelming. Now that the international anti-doping committee is entertaining circumstantial evidence in its investigations it is likely he would be banned if he was an Olympian. In fact if he was an Olympian he would have potentially tested positive for his "unwitting" steroid use and be banned. MLB said steroids weren't OK but didn't test. He didn't test positive because they didn't test. Explain to me another way his head and feet could have continued to grow.:notworking:

Agreed. She is the reason I'm back in the water and training. If she can do it at 40 after having a child, then why should I be lying around making excuses for why I can't swim at 21? :)

Fort, I am a True Blue Dodger fan from LA....so that should tell you what I think of Barry and the Giants....on the note of what we are talking about: If Balco is proof why is he still not in Jail? Or banned from the game? I am still waiting for something that proves his guilt....... Like Michael Vick.....on tape is pretty clear proof! He's not banned from the game because baseball supported/ignored steroid use to ramp up attendance and public attention/adulation. Michael Vick ... I might be ill ... Blech. Ugh. I'm a true blue New England Red Sox fan. :bouncing: I also, by geography, was forced to become a Twins fan during portions of my youth. I have possession of several homer hankies. (Except I was also saddened and disillusioned by Kirby Puckett. :shakeshead:)

I just assumed that similar to cycling, they do catch people using these substances. However, there is most likely some truth to your suggestion. Well, given what I've read about how careful Michael Phelps is about even accidental ingestion of some vitamin, you're probably right. If using drugs systematically, a swimmer would eventually get caught. I'm not sure, as a masters swimmer for awhile, how much Dara would have been tested. I don't mean to cast any aspersions. I really have no idea whatsoever. She is obviously a talented, athletic phenom. I'm only saying that I can understand why people are cynical. There have been rumblings for awhile. No doubt Dara is prepared for the public suspicion -- just like Amanda Beard was prepared for the Playboy fallout. Tracy: I know you love Barry Bonds, but did you miss the Balco investigation? I agree with Sally Jenkins -- he should sit down.