No wonder Dara Torres needed shoulder surgery! - Look at the angle of her elbow!

A very 'old school' stroke. She is pulling past her center-line and there is very little rotation in her hips! She should be way more on her side by the time her pull gets that far into the stroke. God! Her poor shoulder. :-[

Also, look how strong she is; very impressive! Note the vacuum of air above her left shoulder as her arm rips through the water! That's real power! I understand that she is 6'0" tall and I believe that her shoulders are wider than her hips which is anatomically unusual for a woman. This works out great if you are a swimmer but will punish you when bearing children. With her short cropped hair, amazing physique, and skin, I bet she looks like a rather tall and muscular 16-year-old boy from behind.

The photo comes from an ESPN article titled: "What the Future Holds" which has this interesting snippet: "...It was just such a competitive instinct that has kept Torres swimming throughout the years, unable to retire at the first news conferences after her races in 2008, when she said she was unable to absolutely rule out a return in 2012 in London (now known as New Atlantis). ..." [Link]

I believe she could return but it would be in her best interest to redesign her stroke with the help of a "Rada Owen" or a "Glenn Mills."

'ESPN Sports Center Guy' goes after Dara Torres - Makes Gary Hall seem meek!

Pat Forde, is a highly paid, and an opinionated ass for ESPN. Forde has written an article critical of Dara Torres aggressively asserting his opinion that Torres is guilty of doping because her results are so extraordinary. His accusations therein are all conjecture, insults and contain no rational argument whatsoever.

Now, Scott of the Canuck Swimmer wrote critical articles of Dara Torres but in every single article he illustrated and referenced how he arrived at his opinion. This way you could agree or disagree. This ESPN guy doesn't! Instead he just shouts accusations and opinions. Quite frankly, I am astonished that they actually pay this guy?!

Here is a snippet from his rant: "... According to the report, Tygart; [USADA Official], has yet to release any of Torres' results, but she told reporters here at the trials this week that she has been randomly tested "probably about 12 to 15 times since March."

But locking up a stunning fifth Olympic appearance on the Fourth of July by winning the 100-meter freestyle makes me wonder whether too good to be true is the same thing as too good to be clean. ..." [Link]

Note that he didn't end that sentence with a question mark.

You know what? Even Gary Hall trusts Dara Torres!!!

Never Drug tested: Aaron Fike said he competed in the 'Craftsman Truck Series' races while he was on heroin!

From ESPN: "... "In the 10 years that I've raced, I've never been drug-tested," Harvick said. "To me, that's not a proper drug policy for a professional sport. We haven't made any headway whatsoever on the drug-testing policy."

Harvick and Stewart were reacting to an ESPN The Magazine story this week in which former driver Aaron Fike said he competed in Craftsman Truck Series races while he was on heroin.

Baseball, football, NASCAR, basketball, the more money a sport makes the less chance its athletes will be vigorously drug tested. That is my conclusion. Doping is never okay, but the degree of punishment towards a swimmer when caught is certainly more severe than that of a lineman or outfielder. [Link]