The World Competes

Back in April, I wrote about Natalie Coughlin’s impressive swimming record, and how she was involved in other things, such as appearing on View from the Bay and getting married (she trains at Berkeley). At the time, I was not sure whether she was training for London 2012 or not. A recent report at TeamUSA.org notes that she is planning on competing in the 2012 Olympics.

Not only that, she will have the chance to set some records. Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres both have twelve medals each. Coughlin has 11. One more medal, she ties the other swimming greats, two more medals, she becomes the most decorated female swimmer of all time.

Coughlin took a break from swimming after Beijing, but today, she is back in the pool, and has just about reached her Beijing times once again. If she keeps up the hard work, two medals probably won’t be that difficult.

She has two years left to train: the London Olympics are now two years away.