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Michael Phelps Closes World Championships With 5th Gold Medal

By FanHouse NewswireAug 2nd 2009 – 3:50PM

ROME (AP) -- Michael Phelps had every reason to be satisfied after the Beijing Olympics. Yet he kept insisting there was more to do in the pool.Clearly.Even coming off his longest layoff and the embarrassment of being photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe, Phelps turned in another remarkable performance over eight...

Ageless Torres Sets US Record at 42

By Matt SnyderMay 22nd 2009 – 3:00PM

Dara Torres, the 42-year-old swimmer who won three silver medals in the Beijing Olympics last summer, is back at it again. Despite squaring off against people sometimes half her age, she continues to dazzle. The latest? She took down Jenny Thompson's six-year-old record in the women's 50-meter butterfly. This record was...

Dara Torres: 'Age Is Just a Number'

By Will BrinsonApr 9th 2009 – 2:00AM

Dara Torres was a worldwide story of hope and success during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning medals in the world's most important (some say) sporting event at the absolutely ridiculous age of 41. But, as she is detailing in her new book, "Age Is Just a Number," she did all this while being a mother too.That's not to say...

Dara Torres Won't Rule Out 2012 Olympics, Could Swim at Age 45

By Michael David SmithDec 18th 2008 – 11:24AM

Dara Torres won three silver medals in Beijing at age 41, serving as an inspiration to middle-aged people everywhere. But she couldn't possibly keep it up through the 2012 Games in London, could she?Actually, she's not ruling it out. In an appearance on HBO's Costas Now, Torres said flatly that she is not retired, and that...

Torres Has to Settle For Silver

By JJ CooperAug 16th 2008 – 10:04PM

Dara Torres will just have to come back in 2012 to get that first individual gold medal.Torres got off to a slow start, but that didn't seem to matter as she powered her way into the lead in the 50 meter freestyle. But in the final five meters, Germany's Britta Steffen managed to out touch her, a la Michael Phelps in the...

dara torres News From the Web

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  • 05/27/12 Dara Torres Uses Ambien to Sleep Before a Big Race Source: People Olympic swimmer Dara Torres has no trouble focusing in the moments before a big race, but the athlete admits she's turned to medication to help her get a good night's sleep.
  • 05/22/12 Can You Really Get Stronger by Stretching? Source: SHAPE With the 2012 summer Olympics on the horizon, top athletes' workouts are becoming big news.
  • 05/18/12 Valley Springs ultracyclist reclaims record Source: Calaveras Enterprise - San Andreas CA 24-hour velodrome record in 1993, she hoped it was something she would never have to do it again.
  • 05/16/12 Five-Time Olympic Swimmer and UK’s... Source: Business Wire Kenexa (NYSE: KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, today announced that Dara Torres, a five-time Olympian, and Karren Brady, one of the United Kingdom’s best known business personalities, will present keynote addresses during Kenexa World Conference Orlando 2012.

Background on dara torres

Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist.

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