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Swimming stories go beyond Phelps, Torres

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Friday, August 15, 2008

BEIJING -- Most of the attention at Friday's swim heats was on Dara Torres and whether the 41-year-old mother and five-time Olympian would qualify for the semifinals in the 50-meter freestyle. But I prefer the stories about the swimmers to whom few reporters paid any attention. Because neither the qualifying standards nor the competition is as high in other countries as in the United States, the earliest heats in the 50 free included swimmers who are absolutely no threat to win medals -- at lea ...

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