Torres has opted out of the 100 free in Beijing. Lacy Nyemer(sp?) will swim the individual event in her place.
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I have another good comeback example no one has mentioned yet. Jeff Rouse came back for the 2004 Trials after a 5-6 year retirement. I believe he spent at least a solid two years training for the 100 back. He quit his job, returned to Palo Alto and trained with the Stanford men, at the time having many world class backstrokers in the pool with him. I think he was 34 at the time of the trials. I thought his performances were tremendous (55.0 or so). He made top 8 at trials, but didn't go anywhere near his previous best and WR of 53.8. He went much faster than any masters swimmer his age has ever been, but still not close to the elite swimmers in 2004. He is at least an equal comparison to Torres in terms of talent and training during a comeback attempt.
I have another good comeback example no one has mentioned yet. Jeff Rouse came back for the 2004 Trials after a 5-6 year retirement. I believe he spent at least a solid two years training for the 100 back. He quit his job, returned to Palo Alto and trained with the Stanford men, at the time having many world class backstrokers in the pool with him. I think he was 34 at the time of the trials. I thought his performances were tremendous (55.0 or so). He made top 8 at trials, but didn't go anywhere near his previous best and WR of 53.8. He went much faster than any masters swimmer his age has ever been, but still not close to the elite swimmers in 2004. He is at least an equal comparison to Torres in terms of talent and training during a comeback attempt.
