Dara Torres is an extraordinary swimmer. Her accomplishments have never been seen or duplicated before in the sport of swimming. It's the equivalent of George Foreman knocking out Michael Moorer to become the heavyweight champion of the world at age of 45-years-old. If Dara Torres does make the US Team, she will win a gold medal, I know it.
Scott of the CanuckSwimmer feels her accomplishments have to be the result of using Performance enhancing drugs.
Dara Torres may or may not have read Scott's accusations but in defense of her achievements it has been reported that she is taking monthly blood tests to vet her accomplishments as noted in this New York Times article: [Link]
So, why am I posting this? So people can see a name connected to a well reasoned, opposing, viewpoint. Even Swimming World asked her point blank about the accusations of her taking PEDs in which she answered no.
Snippet from the Canuck Swimmer: I know at least some of you out there are reading my blog. In October I wrote “When Less Doesn’t Mean More” about how Dara Torres’ reported training regime didn’t jibe with any recognized training approach for sprinting; observing she was neither spending the hours in the pool typically associated with Olympian-level sprinters nor apparently relying on the innovative theories of Mike Bottom and his “Less is More” training style. Only three weeks later the New York Times came out with the story “Torres is Getting Older, But Swimming Faster”, which addressed almost every one of my questions. I’m sure it was just a coincidence and fortuitous timing on Torres’ part the article came out when it did.
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