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Why Dara Torres rocks my aqua socks off

Posted on July 08, 2008

The water doesn t know what age you are when you jump in, so why not? Dara Torres, who at age 41, just became the oldest woman ever to make the U.S. Olympic Swimming TeamShe earned her first gold medal at age 17 but just days ago, in Omaha, Torres set a new U.S. record time of 24.38 in the women's 50-meter freestyle semifinal at the Women's Olympics Trials. That means she qualified to compete in two individual events in the Beijing Olympics. If that's not reason enough to be blown-away impressed, check this out: She's a new mom. And she battled bulimia for years while training for pr...

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