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. . . "
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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.
It looked to me as if they were the author's words, not Schubert's. It's possible the author was trying to paraphrase Schubert. But the sentiment is certainly consistent with the sometimes haughty attitudes New Yorker's have come to know and love from the NY Times (particularly the sports section).
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.
It looked to me as if they were the author's words, not Schubert's. It's possible the author was trying to paraphrase Schubert. But the sentiment is certainly consistent with the sometimes haughty attitudes New Yorker's have come to know and love from the NY Times (particularly the sports section).
