Shezam! I wanna be Dara Torres when I grow up! Did you miss this in all the July 4th hubbub? Dara Torres is a swimmer. She is competing to be on the US Olympic swimming team for Beijing in 2008. Oh, by the way, she's 41, a mother of a 15 month old and she first won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Last night Dara didn't just make the Olympic team, she won the women's 100 M Free. She beat a field of competitors that are 25 and under, 16 years her junior.
Dara has already competed in four Olympics (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000) and won NINE Olympic medals. She's retired twice before and missed two Olympics, or she might well have been heading to her seventh. The 100 Free isn't even her best event- she'll be going for a spot in the 50 Free tonight, with the final on Sunday evening.
I wanna be Dara Torres when I grow up.
This clip is a little long, about 5 minutes, but you see the race start to finish.
This is a little 'Person of the Week' profile from ABC. This was done before the trials started, but you see her routine and how she trains.
Dang, I love the Olympics.
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Olympic Trial Idiots
Dear Morons Sitting Behind The Still Rings (and a few others),
Yes, you.
Look, if someone has worked their whole damn lives to reach the Olympics could you show some respect? You look like you can barely make it up the stairs to your seats, so I doubt you know the effort that these young men and their entire families have made to get here. But really, use your small brains and try and work it out.
They (and the rest of America) don't need to see you waving, making faces, shaking your asses and letting your obnoxious four-year-old monkey dance for the cameras. Did you get lost? This is not a hockey game. Or a baseball game. Or a football game. It's the Olympic trials. This happens once every FOUR years. Could you pull yourselves together and sit still while these young men perform?
If you feel you must, then dance and mug for the camera during the million minutes that people are NOT performing. During the 60 seconds that these guys perform amazing feats of athletic grace and strength could you sit still?
I really wish I could reach through the television and slap you.
You've really done America proud, folks, really awesome.
Thanks,
Jess in MA
Yes, you.
Look, if someone has worked their whole damn lives to reach the Olympics could you show some respect? You look like you can barely make it up the stairs to your seats, so I doubt you know the effort that these young men and their entire families have made to get here. But really, use your small brains and try and work it out.
They (and the rest of America) don't need to see you waving, making faces, shaking your asses and letting your obnoxious four-year-old monkey dance for the cameras. Did you get lost? This is not a hockey game. Or a baseball game. Or a football game. It's the Olympic trials. This happens once every FOUR years. Could you pull yourselves together and sit still while these young men perform?
If you feel you must, then dance and mug for the camera during the million minutes that people are NOT performing. During the 60 seconds that these guys perform amazing feats of athletic grace and strength could you sit still?
I really wish I could reach through the television and slap you.
You've really done America proud, folks, really awesome.
Thanks,
Jess in MA
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