Dara Torres

A Canadian doctor who has treated golfer Tiger Woods, swimmer Dara Torres and NFL players is suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to a newspaper report. The New York Times reported on its Web site Monday night that Dr. Anthony Galea was found with human growth hormone and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf's blood, in his bag at the U.S.-Canada border in late September. He was arrested Oct. 15 in Toronto by Canadian police. Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States. The FBI has opened an investigation based in part on medical records found on Galea's computer ... 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 inserting cartilage that will take up to a year to fully develop. "Just thinking about ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five-times Olympian Dara Torres was "doing fine" after radical knee surgery but was still uncertain if she will compete at the 2012 London Games. "It's a long road ahead of me but I'm glad I finally got the operation over with," the 42-year-old told Reuters Thursday in a telephone interview from her Boston hospital bed. Torres, who has won medals at five different Olympics, had two pieces of cartilage placed into her left knee Tuesday and will be sidelined for 12-18 months. "Doctors said it was worse than they expected," said Torres. "It ended up being a 3 1/2-hour surgery. ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters Life) - When it comes to late-night scavenging in the pantry, 12-time Olympic medalist Dara Torres insists she is like anyone else -- out for something sweet as a reward for the daily juggle of work, swimming and her family. "I have big huge blocks of milk chocolate that I just love," the 42-year-old swimmer told Reuters in a recent interview at the Asphalt Green pool in Manhattan's Upper East Side. "And I love making Rice Krispie treats. I'm not the super, super healthiest eater although my body might look otherwise. I try to eat somewhat healthy but I ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Olympic swimming heroine Dara Torres pauses, her delicate hazel eyes narrow, and she stares at a tiny puddle of water that has splashed out of the pool. The inspirational 42-year-old Floridian badly wants to compete at the London Olympics in 2012 but ponders the potential deal-breakers -- her age, her health and her devotion to her three-year-old daughter Tessa. "I have a little less than a year to figure it out what I want to do," she said. "I really want my knee to heal and want to get my legs back in shape. "Then I'll talk to my coach ... Read Full Story