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...Probably the first race I broke a world record in. I was 15 years old, I was over in Holland swimming in a meet. I had a crush on a swimmer named Rowdy Gaines. He came up to me, and I was on the massage table, and I was getting ready for the finals of the 50, and he threw out a time he thought I could go. And I’m like, “Yeah, whatever, that’s a world record, you know...
...world of drugs, you’re basically guilty until proven innocent, so I basically had to prove myself innocent and not have everyone assume because of my age that I was cheating. And you have Nolan Ryan, the baseball pitcher, pitching a no-hitter at 44 years old, and you have Jack Nicklaus, at Masters at 61. Why can’t a 41-year-old mom compete in the Olympic Games? Unfortunately, there are other athletes that have lied about it, and when you have that stigma on you and your accomplishments, I felt like that?...
Fast-forward two years. In the span of time it took for my old Dell laptop to go from a shiny new object of love and affection to a broken-down piece of junk, my new MacBook has gone from a reluctant addition to my life to an essential part of my day. When I walk into my first lecture of the day, it takes me only a few seconds to pull my laptop out of my bag and simply flip it open, ready to go. For me, this is absolutely critical—10:07 am means...
...horrified, as if we had just jumped the fence and were now trespassing on someone else’s property. But then, a nod in my direction; I was being asked to dance. Turns out Gustavo was quite the matchmaker. The best part: my partner, a 60-something-year-old expert with enough wrinkles to map out an intricate dance routine, was a professor of tango. He was happy to teach me some steps...
Lindsey Van holds the record - among both men and women - for the longest jump off Whistler, British Columbia's normal ski jump, built for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The 25-year-old skier trains six days a week, 11 months a year, and has been jumping for the past 19 years. But when the Games kick off on Feb. 12, the 2009 women's ski-jumping world champion will be nowhere in sight. That's because women aren't allowed to ski jump in the Olympics. (See TIME's 25 Winter Olympic athletes to watch...