Dara Torres

Many athletes have pass their peak performance in the age of 30+, moreover 40+, thus decide to retire. But for US swimming legend, Dara Torres, age is just a number. Dara Torres gained her place as a sport legend by became the oldest swimmer ever (41-year-old by that time) to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Dara Torres, born in April 15, 1967, competed in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008). She became the first United States swimmer who...Read Full Story

DON'T MISS 20 Hot Olympic Athletes From the Beijing Summer Olympics It looks like hot athletic women are dominating the Olympics this year. Here are the sexy world class girls that made our ‘50 Most Beautiful Women’ list. 50. Dara Torres – United States Despite a shoulder operation in November 2007, Dara Torres not only qualified for the Beijing Olympics but also won the 100m free ahead of 25 year old Natalie Coughlin. Did I mention that she’s currently 41? See more sexy photos and...Read Full Story

Dara Torres brings medals, Olympic stories to Palm Beach Day AcademyThursday, January 15, 2009Robie Mendoza was beside himself after his encounter with five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres on Thursday morning at Palm Beach Day Academy's Seaview Campus."It was awesome," the ninth-grader said. "It was amazing."Robie, 15, said he even kissed the silver medal Torres brought to show the children. It was one of three she won in Beijing at age 41.In previous Games, she's scooped up nine medals...Read Full Story

It was a parade of angry looking, emaciated teenagers, all dolled up and capturing the attention of the world ... no we're not talking about the MTV Movie Awards silly... it was Fashion Week's kick off weekend for Spring 2009 in New York of course.  While many of the shows over the weekend immersed themselves in the bland sameness that has come to be the stubborn trademark for New York's Fashion iconography, one designer took a bold step and booked more interesting talent for his show. As...Read Full Story

Dara Torres has downloaded a bunch of movies and piled up all sorts of books, anything to pass the time over the next few months.She won't be racing anyone in the pool for a while — or doing much of anything else, for that matter.Another Olympics? No one really knows.The 42-year-old Torres is heading to Boston for the most daunting challenge of her long swimming career Tuesday, a radical surgery that involves cutting her left shin, adjusting it to a new position under the kneecap and...Read Full Story