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Dara Torres picks greatest female swimmer(s) of all time, recalls teenage Michael Phelps, more in Q&A

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Dara Torres won’t be swimming at the 2016 Olympics, but her name will certainly arise on the road to Rio de Janeiro.

Torres holds the record for most U.S. Olympic swimming berths — five — which Michael Phelps can match next year. In 2000, Phelps and Torres were the youngest and oldest members of the U.S. Olympic swim team. The 15-year-old Phelps memorably called the 33-year-old Torres “mom” at those Sydney Games.

Torres shares the record for most Olympic medals earned by a U.S. woman in any sport — 12 — with swimmers Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin.