3 Reasons Dara Torres is Awesome
Michael Phelps might be dominating the water like a man-shark, but the swimmer I'm most looking forward to is Dara Torres. I've got (at least) three reasons why.
#3) She's got a killer resume: She's the mother of a two-year old. Legend has it that she was breast-feeding her baby just minutes before winning a spot at this year's Olympic trials. She's also a "part-time" model, and was the first female athlete to be on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. And she's a (so far) 10-time Olympic medalist, which includes her silver medal just two days ago in the 4x100 relay.
#2) Dara has been trained by sports chiropractor, Master of Fitness Sciences, and owner of NY Strength, Dr. Jack Barnathan... the man I studied under with the International Sports Sciences Association. I know for a fact the Dr. Jack is awesome, which makes Dara awesome (and maybe, by association, me too? Okay, probably not.)
#1) Dara won her first Olympic gold medal in 1984, before some of her competitors in the '08 Olympics could even spell the word g-o-l-d. That's just incredibly awesome.
You can keep track of all the Olympic swimming results at the official NBC Olympic coverage site. Dara's 50 meter freestyle takes place this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Best of luck to her, and all the competitors.
#3) She's got a killer resume: She's the mother of a two-year old. Legend has it that she was breast-feeding her baby just minutes before winning a spot at this year's Olympic trials. She's also a "part-time" model, and was the first female athlete to be on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. And she's a (so far) 10-time Olympic medalist, which includes her silver medal just two days ago in the 4x100 relay.
#2) Dara has been trained by sports chiropractor, Master of Fitness Sciences, and owner of NY Strength, Dr. Jack Barnathan... the man I studied under with the International Sports Sciences Association. I know for a fact the Dr. Jack is awesome, which makes Dara awesome (and maybe, by association, me too? Okay, probably not.)
#1) Dara won her first Olympic gold medal in 1984, before some of her competitors in the '08 Olympics could even spell the word g-o-l-d. That's just incredibly awesome.
You can keep track of all the Olympic swimming results at the official NBC Olympic coverage site. Dara's 50 meter freestyle takes place this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Best of luck to her, and all the competitors.
posted by Chris Colucci at 10:53 AM
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