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Natalie Coughlin is a perfect 12 for 12 in Olympic races. Only this time, she earned a medal without swimming in the final.

The first U.S. swimmer to compete at five Olympics has some advice for Ryan Lochte and anyone else who wants to beat Michael Phelps: Keep quiet.

Dara Torres lingered in the water after the other swimmers had climbed out of the pool.

Jessica Hardy was the leading qualifier in the 50-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Sunday, while Dara Torres had the fifth-fastest time in her bid to make a record sixth Olympic team at age 45.

Can Dara Torres qualify for her sixth Olympic Games? She knows her age will be a factor, but she's not letting that deter her.

Michael Phelps says he's been in his toughest training phase since before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Dara Torres competed at the Seven Hills meet Friday, 10 weeks after Michael Lohberg died from a rare blood disorder.

A bevy of fast females bear the hopes of U.S. swimming leading up to London 2012. espnW has the scoop on these young stars.

The swim coach who helped Dara Torres make her fifth Olympic team has died from a rare blood disorder at 61.

Five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres is back in the pool after a 16-month layoff for major knee surgery with a goal of reaching the 2012 London Games.

Dara Torres is back in the pool and training for what she hopes will be her sixth Olympics.

Olympic swimmer Dara Torres engages in candid conversation.

A scheduled Tuesday court appearance for Mary Anne Catalano, a former assistant to a controversial Canadian doctor who has treated a bevy of elite athletes, including Tiger Woods, has been extended until March 12 in U.S. District Court in Buffalo.

U.S. Customs officials got onto the trail of a Canadian doctor after an assistant was found in possession of growth hormone and other drugs purportedly intended for Dr. Anthony Galea while being questioned at a border crossing into Buffalo.

Dara Torres knew she needed surgery on her ailing left knee. She didn't expect a radical operation and a recovery of up to 18 months.

Dara Torres, 42, badly wants to compete at the London Olympics in 2012 but ponders the potential deal-breakers -- her age, her health and her devotion to her 3-year-old daughter, Tessa.