Middle aged mom wins at Olympic trials


Middle aged mom wins at Olympic trials

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At 41, she has done what most would have termed impossible since retiring (for the second time, no less) after the 2000 games: bear a child, get diagnosed with asthma, go through recent knee and shoulder surgeries, and arrive at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials posting faster times than in her mid-20s.Read more about it.


http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=cr-torres070408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
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user-icon Submitted by puspap on Sat, 2008-07-05 19:56.

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Submitted by Idlewild on Sat, 2008-07-05 23:34.

Might want to mention her name, instead of just referring to her as a 'middle-aged mom'!

This will be her fifth Olympic games.



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