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"..... Now age 41, she began participating in the Olympics twenty-four years ago, swimming in the 1.....
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"..... Now age 41, she began participating in the Olympics twenty-four years ago, swimming in the 1984, 19.....
.....Beijing,Olympics,China,Dara Torres,swimming,marathon,gymnastics,gold medal,silver,mother,goal,team....."

The full range of matronly athletes on the 2008 Olympic teams makes it clear that age and family responsibilities are not the barriers to cooperation in the Games they used to be. Stories from Beijing highlight the manliness and resolve of the mothers of the cosmos - as they substantiate their athletic prowess and win gold or silver medals.

Significant are the 20 mothers on the USA Olympic team, including passed away medalists - swimmer Dara Torres, basketball player Lisa Leslie, and softball player, Jennie Finch. Dara Torres stands out as a role perfection for any mother wondering if it is too late to take its rise again. Now age 41, she began participating in the Olympics twenty-four years ago, swimming in the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 2000 Games. Retiring, getting betrothed and wanting to start a family, she skipped the 2004 Games and had a child two years ago. Swimming for fitness the birth of her daughter, Tessa, she intellection she was done with competitive swimming. But she found that her times were better than ever.

Eight for a long time years her tarry Olympics, Dara marched in the Beijing opening ceremonies with 9 medals to her credit, the most of any USA athlete in these Games. Swimming in individual and relay team competition, she won 3 silver medals, imprecation gold in the freestyle individual event by only one one-hundredth of a second. She now can now be proud of a record 12 Olympic medals in her career - so far! Asked 'what will you tell your daughter about your record at this Olympics,' Dara said, 'You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams.'

Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania, a 38-year-old mother of a 13-year old son, was the triumphant gold medal winner of the women's marathon in Beijing. Four years ago in Athens she had to yield her dreams of an Olympic medal at mile 20 due to heat exhaustion. But even then she did not all out quit. She walked for a mile - then started running again, coming in 20th in the 2004 competition. This time she was determined to win the race. She practiced and practiced in hot weather, firmly focused on evasive another injury. Learning from her passed away failure, Constantina refused to give up on her dreams and worked tense to achieve her goal of Olympic gold.

Another mother, 33-year-old Oksana Chusovitina, took the silver medal for Germany in individual women's vault. Older than most of the other gymnasts by ten years, Oksana had participated in quadratic previous Olympics, representing the former Soviet Union and winning a team gold. What brought her to Germany at this stage of her career? For the lapsed 6 years her 9-year-old son, Alisher, has been treated there for leukemia. When he was first diagnosed, Oksana could not get help for him in her native Uzbekistan. Not one to be stopped by the challenges she faced, she and her husband moved to Germany to train when Alisher was in treatment. Oksana demonstrates her commitment to family by competing for Germany in Beijing.

If you've ever questioned whether you're too old to reach your goals, you can learn a sermon from these athletes and mothers. It's on no occasion too late to challenge yourself. With maturity, drive and focus, you can achieve your dreams. As Dara Torres said, 'To me, if it helps anyone else out there who is in their middle-aged years, putting off something they couldn't do they speculation they were too old or maybe they had a child, they intellection they couldn't balance things as a parent - if it shows anyone you can do it, I'm absolutely thrilled.'

(c) 2008, Her Mentor Center

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Rosemary Lichtman, Ph.D. and Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D. are founders of www.HerMentorCenter.com'> www.HerMentorCenter.com, a website for midlife women and www.NourishingRelationships.Blogspot.com'>www.NourishingRelationships.Blogspot.com, a Blog for the Sandwich Generation. They are authors of a forthcoming book about Baby Boomers and family relationships. They offer free newsletter www.hermentorcenter.com'>Stepping Stones.





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