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Journalism of Courage
Ameircan Dara Torres chalked up a first for the over-40s on Sunday when she became the oldest athlete to win an Olympic swimming medal.
“The water doesn’t really know what age you are, so it doesn’t really matter what age you are,” the 41-year-old said after anchoring the US team to 4×100 metres freestyle relay silver.
No other swimmer has won an Olympic swimming medal beyond the age of 40 and Torres also equaled the all-time women’s record held by German canoeist Birgit Fischer of winning Olympic medals over a 24 years span. The first US swimmer to compete in five Olympics, Torres has a two-year-old daughter and has twice come out of retirement to add to her medal collection.
