Buffalo Boy's Blog

The other big headliner of the Olympics thus far is Dara Torres and its almost hidden by Michael Phelps. Torres swam the 50 freestyle in an American record time of 24.07 and finished 2nd for silver. Her 400 medley relay also finish second to the Austrailians for silver as well.

Take nothing away from her, at 41 she proved that age means very little. If you watched the semifinals for the 50 freestyle Friday night you also saw the incredible sportsmanship that Dara displayed by going to the judge and requesting that they wait for a swimmer next to her because they were changing suits.

They could have swam that race with out that individual but Torres went out of her way to inform the judge when she should have been getting mentally prepared to dive into the pool. All this and she still swam the fastest time in the prelims.

Dara, though she did not win gold, won three silver medals at 41 years of age in her fifth Olympics. She deserves full marks for making it and achieving personal bests and medaling in all three events. She may be short of gold, but she is long on heart and will go down as one of the greatest female swimmers of all time.