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Age is Just A Number

12-time Olympic medalist Dara Torres is still swimming fast and beating the competition at age 42. Last year, Torres won three silver medals in Beijing. For her, age is just a number, not an obstacle. She writes about her triumphs in her appropriately titled new book, "Age Is Just A Number: Achieve Your Dreams At Any Stage In Your Life." Torres is also considering swimming in the 2012 Olympics in London. For more on her story go to yahoo!news.

Fitter & Faster Tour Kicks Off This Weekend!

All American Swim Supply is proud to be a sponsor of the 2009 Fitter and Faster Tour! The Fitter & Faster Tour, which will bring olympians and world championship swimmers to pools across America, will begin Saturday, August 15th in Seattle, WA.

The tour will give fans a chance to interact with world-class athletes who will travel all over the nation to bring stroke and exercise tips to swimmers. Each event includes a 3-hour clinic for age-group swimmers and masters swimmers. Swimmers participating in the tour will receive tips on race preparation, hear motivational stories, and participate in question and answer sessions. In addition, all participants will receive 20% off one full-price item from SpeedoUSA.com.

Now is the time, so sign up quickly! For more on the tour click here.

2009 Speedo Junior National Championships

The 2009 Speedo Junior National Championships began yesterday and will run through Friday, August 14th. The event is being held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington. For live on-demand video of the competition go to swim-network.com. For the heat sheet, timeline, and results go to usaswimming.org. Good luck to all of our swimmers from Raleigh, NC!

Sticking With Speedo

Britain's Gemma Spofforth believes wearing a Speedo LZR Racer helped her win the 100m backstroke title at the World Championships in Rome. Spofforth decided to stick with her Speedo suit, just as Michael Phelps famously did when he won the 100m butterfly at World Championships. Her decision not to wear a "supersuit" like the Jaked, or Arena X-Glide Suit mentally propelled her to finish first. Spofforth set a new world record of 58.12seconds in the 100m backstroke.

Spofforth stated, "I had so many meetings with different coaches saying I was putting myself at a disadvantage not wearing it and wearing it wasn't cheating.

"And it was about putting myself on the same level as everybody else I was racing against.

"And I was like 'if I get a world record in a suit is that really a world record?' That was one of my things.

Nearly 190 world records have been set since the Speedo LZR became available in February 2008, 43 world records have been broken in Rome alone.

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Jessica Hardy is Back!

After being banned from competition for failing a drug test at the 2008 Olympic trials, Jessica Hardy is back in the water and ready to compete. Hardy's one-year ban ended July 29th, just in time for her to be eligible to race in the U.S. Open.

All eyes were on Hardy as she competed in Wednesday's 100m freestyle. Hardy was nervous about the race stating "I haven't raced in a year. I feel like I don't even know what I'm doing. It's very frustrating." Despite her frustration, Hardy finished the race in 2nd place with a time of 55.07. Erika Erndl won the race in a meet-record 54.59.

"This is the first of many races to come. I made a lot of mistakes," she said. "I have a lot of stuff to improve, but I'm getting more comfortable and back to where I was last year. For me, I just need to mentally get back. For me, it's a mental rebirth, regrowth."

For more on Jessica Hardy and her return from suspension click here.

For news on her new world record in the 50m breast click here.

What's On the Horizon for Garrett McCaffrey?

Check out Garrett McCaffrey's new website Swim Pulse for the latest in swimming news and events, including coverage from Rome. In his blog, "On the Horizon...," McCaffrey talks about his love of swimming, his opinion on suit wars, and how he is devoted to bringing swim fans the latest and most accurate swimming news.

Help support Swim Pulse by buying your own Swim Pulse T-Shirt. Purchasing a T-Shirt is a great way to show your support for Swim Pulse, as a portion of your purchase will go directly to help fund the site! Shirts are going fast, so make sure to purchase yours today!

Team USA Receives 22 Medals in Rome

At the closing of Sunday's session, Team USA finished World Champs with the highest honor of all by receiving the FINA trophy as the top national team of the meet. Overall, Team USA lead all countries in both gold medals and total medal count.

The men's 400m medley relay broke a world record Sunday night with a time of 3:27.28. In addition, three other world records were broken in Sunday's finals. Overall, 42 world records and 23 American records were set over the course of the meet. For more on Team USA and the closing of worlds visit usaswimming.org.

Cavic Offers to Buy Phelps A Suit

After hearing about Michael Phelps’ complaints about the supposedly second-rate Speedo LZR Racer, Serbian Milorad Cavic has offered to buy Michael Phelps a more elite technical suit to even out the playing field. Cavic wears the Arena X-Glide, and has commented that Michael Phelps has a choice to pick whatever suit he wants to race in. The X-Glide is considered to be one of the fastest suits at the World Championships.

“I know he’s making a lot of money from Speedo,” Cavic said. “It’s loyalty. But throughout all my experiences, I’ve learned this—free will is a gift with a price tag, and whatever you choose to do you’re going to pay, but how much you’re going to pay is really dependent on you.”

Cavic shattered Phelps’ record at the semifinals on Friday, knocking off Phelps’ world record, and finishing the race in less than 50 seconds. Phelps came in second at 50.48.

Cavic’s comments show the intense rivalry between the two competitors that goes back to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Phelps won by a hundredth of a second in Bejiing, but today we will see who will take Gold for the 100m butterfly in Rome.

Check out all of world records that have been broken at the World Championships. For more on this topic go to Yahoo! Sports.