This women is awesome such an inspiration to women of all ages!!!
41-year-old mother Dara Torres going to Olympics
Dara Torres eyes were watery and not from just having climbed out of the pool. She was crying at the cheers from 13,247 fans who saw the 41-year-old mother complete her improbable Olympic comeback.
Torres made the U.S. Olympic swimming team for a record fifth time Friday night, winning the 100-meter freestyle over Natalie Coughlin at the trials.
A thrilling performance that prompted the crowd to applaud Torres as the new face of middle-aged, weekend warriors everywhere. Toned and tanned, with a flat stomach, she hardly looks like shes been away since the 2000 Sydney Games, her last Olympic appearance.
That really, really, really hurt, she said. I kept saying, Where is the wall?
She got off to a blazing start and kept her lead on the furious return lap to win in 53.78 seconds, defeating 25-year-old Natalie Coughlin.
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Im ecstatic. I cant believe it, Torres said, explaining she had anticipated finishing anywhere from third through sixth.
I could not see the scoreboard. I didnt know that I had won it at first. They need to make those numbers a little bigger for people my age.
Torres became the oldest American swimmer ever on an Olympic team. Shell be the oldest female swimmer at the Games since 44-year-old Brenda Holmes of Canada in 1972.
How about that 33 year old mother who is competing in her 5th olympics as a GYMNAST, Oksana Chusovitina
She's one of my favorite gymnasts, and has been since 1992. Her story is absolutely amazing, she is originally from Uzbekistan and competed with the Unified Team in 1992 (Soviet Union). However when her son was diagnosed with Leukemia she moved to Germany in order to get him treatment. She continues to compete because otherwise she wouldn't be able to pay for his medical bills. She's now a German citizen, her son, Alisher, is in remission and doing well, and she is still competing with the best gymnasts in the world.
