Dara Torres

August 15th, 2008 filed in Olympics, Swimming

Dara Torres Cheating?

Dara Torres is the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2008. She competed in the Beijing Olympic Games in the 50 meter freestyle, 4×100 medley relay, and 4×100 freestyle relay and won the silver medal in all three of these events. At age 41, Dara Torres returned to the pool to obtain a spot in her fifth Olympic games, unprecedented for an American female swimmer, especially given the fact that she sat out the 1996 and 2004 Olympic games. In fact, she is the first woman in history to swim in the Olympics past the age of 40. Her Olympic career spans 24 years. In order to pre-empt any speculation that she might be taking performance-enhancing drugs, Torres volunteered for an enhanced drug-testing program. - Wikipedia


Dara Torres CHEATED in the Olympics
Chester Cheater

Dara Torres is defying the laws of physics at the age of 41. She is swimming faster times now than she did when she was in her twenties. Yet no individual gold medalist in the women’s swimming events at this years games is older than 25? This is a young woman’s game, how does she even compete? She has had 2 surgeries in the past 8 months, and can recover in time to win three silvers, it all doesn’t seem possible within the confines of the rules.  Apparently Torres spends, by her own estimate, about $100,000 per year on coaches and trainers. She has been linked to nutritionists who have been implicated in prior scandals. Do you think 100k could buy some banned substances and their silence? Torres also publicly uses the performance enhancing drugs Proventil (albuterol) and Symbicort (formoterol) for her recently diagnosed asthma.


Dara Torres BEAT her competition in the Olympics
Billy Beater

Dara Torres is a role model for mothers everywhere. She is proving that a competitive athletic life isn’t over at 30, or even 40. She employs that staff to help her train, because she is dedicated and works harder than anyone, in order to continue to compete. Not everyone takes the shortcut to success like yourself Chester. Her times are better now due to the advances in technology, training, nutrition, and technique. Dara was diagnosed with asthma, and thus has a therapeutic use exemption from the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Olympic Committee. Torres has even requested random blood and urine testing from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to prove her innocence. As Dara says on her website, “If I can inspire both women and men in anything it would be that age is just a number, not a death sentence. Wake up every morning with a plan and a dream. If you do, like me, dreams do still come true in your 40s and beyond!”

What do you think, did Dara Torres CHEAT or BEAT?

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9 Responses to “Dara Torres”

  1. 1
    Tony Says:
    August 18th, 2008 at 9:05 am

    She is wicked old, and wicked fast. Something isn’t right.

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    Rick Says:
    August 18th, 2008 at 10:34 am

    She’s taking something that’s probably not a banned substance. You don’t get into that kind of shape at 41 without taking some kind of stimulant to keep your body going.

  3. 3
    Phil Says:
    August 18th, 2008 at 11:14 am

    Not banned, or not tested for? That is the question. Marion Jones won a ton of races before ever testing positive.

  4. 4
    Steve Says:
    August 18th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    Dara Torres and the Chinese Swimmers must train together. Whatever they are taking, they are getting away with it. The testing just can’t keep up with the cheaters. When the tests finally catch up, we blame the testing labs, instead of the athletes. You can’t trust anyone anymore.

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    Janet Says:
    August 19th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Her asthma medication is very similar to what Jessica Hardy tested positive for. I don’t understand how you can have an exemption to take performance enhancers. If you cannot race without the drugs, then you shouldn’t be racing anymore, its that simple.

  6. 6
    jerryb Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    This old hag is definitely cheating. Please ban her AND Andrea Kremer from the pool deck.

  7. 7
    Andy G. Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    First off, take a look at her training routine, which is not only hard core, but also uses state of the art techniques. Then she and other swimmers have better suit technology that enhances buoyancy. Also, she’s 15 pounds lighter than she was when she set her previous records. The woman’s not a “hag” (as Jerry B said, without backing up any of his pointless charges)…she’s a machine. As some of her colleagues have said, she’s helping redefine the limits of age in sport. Enough of the allegations - prove it or move on. Skeptics and “Cheat” theorists: Dara’s proving her case…can you prove yours?

  8. 8
    Anonymous Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Andy, I don’t know how you expect people on the internet to prove something like that. We have to believe that the people responsible to regulating the sport will prevent cheating. Since they have given her an exemption to use performance enhancing drugs, I guess we can’t trust their ability to regulate can we? Is it fair that she is allowed to swim with the same drugs in her system that got Hardy booted?

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    Dan Says:
    September 7th, 2008 at 8:12 am

    Those who want to throw Torres under the bus are envious idiots. They do not understand the sport, the training and the athelete. I am not going to try to explain it to you in this comment. You’re incapable and unwilling to learn. Go to the USMS website and check out times of swimmers in their 50’s. They’re swimming faster than they did in college. They are not doping. They do not have $100,000.00 annual budgets for training. They are swimming faster because of technique, flexibility, training and nutrition.
    To all those doubters, how about getting off your lazy envious butts and try competing yourselves, or maybe try to understand the sport a little better before standing Torres before the firing squad.

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