Saturday, October 5, 2013

Quote 'O the Month

"I'm thinking that I shouldn't have filed my nails last night.” ― Dara Torres



Torres made this comment after being out-touched by just one one-hundredth of a second (0.01) in the 50M Freestyle at the 2008 Olympic games.  She set a new American record in that race and won the silver medal behind Germany's Britta Steffen. Torres was 41 years, 125 days old at the time.

Would longer nails have helped Dara?  She swam 50 meters in 24.07 seconds, or .020 meters (0.78 inches)  every .01 seconds.  Dara lost by about 3/4 of an inch.   













No comments:

Post a Comment