Masters' swimmers have been proving it for years and Dara proved it with an exclamation point in Beijing that you can go faster at 40-something than you did at 20-something. As someone 15 days older than Dara, what I wonder is this: At what age will the aging process take over and, despite whatever training you do (& without resorting to drug enhancements), you will slow down?
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I think it depends on the invidivual swimmer as well as the coaching! Typically, though, a swimmer will reach their peak performance years in that 20 - 30 age range (unless you are Dara).
However, that's not to say that you won't maintain a plateau for a good 10 - 15 year period after that. So, as for when age will start to truly play a factor; in my opinion, around 50 or so...
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I think it depends on the invidivual swimmer as well as the coaching! Typically, though, a swimmer will reach their peak performance years in that 20 - 30 age range (unless you are Dara).
However, that's not to say that you won't maintain a plateau for a good 10 - 15 year period after that. So, as for when age will start to truly play a factor; in my opinion, around 50 or so...
