Photo: #Dara Torres prepares for the final of the 50-meter freestyle during the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials on July 6, 2008 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Aging athletically

Broadcast: Midmorning, 07/22/2008, 10:06 a.m.

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Forty-one-year-old swimmer Dara Torres is heading for the Olympics in August, but how rare is she? Researchers say that while high levels of physical activity can't stop the aging process, Torres and other 40-something athletes are defying the rules.

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  • Steven Hawkins: Exercise physiologist at California Lutheran University.
  • Michael Joyner, MD: Anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic. He also studies aging and sports.

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