Dara Torres Makes Sports History

Dara Torres is making sports history at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. First she came back out of retirement, a couple of years after having a daughter, training to compete as the first US swimmer to compete in five Olympics. She anchored the USA freestyle relay team to win a silver medal, becoming the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic medal, an inspiration to many of us in our middle years. She's tried to allay suspicions of drug use in getting to this accomplishment by having a lab store her blood for testing, including any future tests that become possible. For now -- it looks like determination plus serious, focused training (and a few operations to repair some past injuries) have done the trick.