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We covered the entire U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, click on the tag for all of the coverage.If Dara Torres had made the Olympic team as a member of a relay team, it would have made for a great story. The 41-year-old swimming great would have made an amazing comeback after her second retirement to earn a fifth trip to the Olympics.
But Torres has gone beyond being just a good story, by winning her second event at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials she's become proof that the impossible may just be possible. Torres set her second American record of the week as she won the 50 meter freestyle, showing that she's swimming better than she ever has before, 24 years after she competed in her first Olympics.
Torres's best OIympics finish in an individual event is a bronze. All three of her bronzes in individual events came in Sydney in 2000. She's a good bet to better that this year, even if she should have been done as a competitive swimmer 10 years ago.
At this point, should we start considering her a favorite to make the 2012 Olympic team? If you can make it as a 41-year-old who's winning events, who says you can't make it four years later as a member of a relay team?
Jessica Hardy finished second to Torres in the 50 meter free. In the only other event decided on Sunday, Peter Vanderkaay won the 1500 meter freestyle, while Larsen Jensen earned the other Olympic berth. Eric Vendt, one of the favorites heading into the trials, was shut out again, as he finished a disappointing fourth.
While Vendt had a terrible Trials, Emily Silver's wins the award for having the worst luck. Silver qualified as a member of the 4X100 meter relay team by finishing fifth in the 100 meter freestyle. But she broke her hand as she dove into the wall during a 50 meter freestyle preliminary race. If the injury requires surgery, she' may have to miss the Olympics
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