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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Hard to tell if the author is paraphrasing what came out of the interview with Mark or it's the author's own thoughts. Either way, it demonstrates a lack of understanding of what masters swimming is about. Face it, masters swimming exists as an alternative to USA Swimming. Comparing the two and calling masters swimmers "losers" is simply a waste of time.
If the author surmized this on his own, it makes me wonder if the rest of the article could be equally opinionated and flawed.
Chris..... I do not agree with "the larger point" and calling masters swimmers losers because they were mentally mature enough to make the tough choice to move on from the sport years ago and pursue other areas of life with equal fervor.
Tell me again why making 5 Olympic teams is so much better than 4 ?
John Smith
Hard to tell if the author is paraphrasing what came out of the interview with Mark or it's the author's own thoughts. Either way, it demonstrates a lack of understanding of what masters swimming is about. Face it, masters swimming exists as an alternative to USA Swimming. Comparing the two and calling masters swimmers "losers" is simply a waste of time.
If the author surmized this on his own, it makes me wonder if the rest of the article could be equally opinionated and flawed.
Chris..... I do not agree with "the larger point" and calling masters swimmers losers because they were mentally mature enough to make the tough choice to move on from the sport years ago and pursue other areas of life with equal fervor.
Tell me again why making 5 Olympic teams is so much better than 4 ?
John Smith
