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At 41, swimmer Torres is Beijing-bound
Dara Torres is off to an unprecedented fifth Olympics — but even though she's 41 and the oldest woman ever to make the  U.S. Olympic Swim Team, she considers herself just another working mom.  “The water doesn’t know what age you are,” she said. • FULL STORY
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Aug. 6: TODAY host Meredith Vieira on how Beijing is preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games and what they will do for China.
 
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 Your turn!
•Inspirational athletes
In honor of the 2008 Olympics, we're celebrating the athletes in your own life who inspire greatness.
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Images of the celebrations, and tensions, leading up to the Summer Olympics.
 
Image: Chinese students balance books on their heads during an etiquette training class
AFP - Getty Images		 •Ladies in training
Chinese women train to take part in medal ceremony for 2008 Olympics
 
Image: National Aquatics Centre (the Water Cube)
Getty Images		 •Building for Beijing
A look at the brand new and very expensive venues for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
 
Slide show
Image: David Beckham
•Amazing athletes
From Beckham to Bryant, see powerful portraits from Sports Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss.

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