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Torres plans to have knee surgery

Associated Press

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Dara Torres plans to have major surgery on her arthritic left knee at the end of the summer. The 42-year-old Torres said on a conference call Wednesday that she might not swim the 100-meter freestyle at next week's U.S. national championships, partly because it's painful to do a flip turn. She expects to compete in the 50 free, which doesn't require a turn. Torres, who won three silver medals at last year's Beijing Olympics, said she has no cartilage left in the knee and that it swelled up bad ...

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