Mark Shubert from the NY Times article on Dara:
"But -let's face it- compared with the Olympics, even the Master's World Championships is a glorified losers' round, and holding a master's world record is hardly an exciting achievement. . . "
The context of the quote is that this is Torres' last shot at the Olympics and that competing at the elite masters level -- which Torres could obviously continue to do -- just isn't the same.
The wording is irritating but can anyone disagree with the larger point?
And it isn't clear to me that it is SCHUBERT calling masters swimming a "glorified loser's round," or if those are the author's words.
I bet the LAST time DT competed in the Olympics, everyone was sure it was her last time competing at that level...
The context of the quote is that this is Torres' last shot at the Olympics and that competing at the elite masters level -- which Torres could obviously continue to do -- just isn't the same.
The wording is irritating but can anyone disagree with the larger point?
And it isn't clear to me that it is SCHUBERT calling masters swimming a "glorified loser's round," or if those are the author's words.
I bet the LAST time DT competed in the Olympics, everyone was sure it was her last time competing at that level...
