Jeana Arter » Olympics http://jeanaarter.com live, laugh, love Tue, 22 May 2012 18:36:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 ::Summer Reading::http://jeanaarter.com/2009/05/summer-reading/ http://jeanaarter.com/2009/05/summer-reading/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 17:11:37 +0000 Jeana http://jeanaarter.com/?p=1512 Age Is Just A Number

I bought this book a few weeks ago, but I put off reading it until finals were over. I knew there was a very good chance I would become obsessed and not put it down! That is exactly what happened last Thursday.
I submitted my last paper for Spring 2009, sat right down and started reading Dara Torres’ book.

I read the entire book in about four hours, its only around two hundred pages. However, I just could not put it down. I knew Dara was an amazing athlete with a love for competition, why else would she be in the Olympics at age forty-one?
What I did not know what her incredible and inspiring life story that lead up to those races.
Only about a quarter of the way through the book I text my mom tell her to go out and by the book!

I laughed and cried, this book is pure inspiration. It does not matter if you are a swimmer, an athlete or a mom. Just reading the drive and determination that Dara has is enough to make anyone want to change the world.

BTW
Dara has a twitter too! So check it out,
twitter.com/daratorresswims

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I picked up here book today.
I am really excited to start reading it, she is amazing!

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The Olympic Super Star was already making almost $5 Million a year in endorsements from VISA, Hilton, AT&T, and lets not forget Speedo, just to name a few.
However the swimming wonder’s most recent endorsement has come to light.
What you might ask, PureSport.

Before he earned his eight gold medals and became a global celebrity at the Beijing Olympics, Mr. Phelps and three teammates agreed to endorse PureSport, a protein mix made by a tiny Austin, Texas, company that didn’t exist three years ago.

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According to the LA Times

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal today and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. The 21-year-old South African is eligible to race against able-bodied athletes, overturning a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

“When I found out, I cried. It is a battle that has been going on for far too long. It’s a great day for sport. I think this day is going to go down in history for the equality of disabled people.”

-Pistorius

He is an inspiration to any true athlete out there.
Never let a bump in the road determine which direction you will go!

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