Torres ponders one more dip at Games

NEW YORK: Olympic swimming heroine Dara Torres pauses, her delicate hazel eyes narrow, and she stares at a tiny puddle of water that has splashed out of the pool.

The inspirational 42-year-old Floridian badly wants to compete at the London Olympics in 2012 but ponders the potential deal-breakers - her age, her health and her devotion to her three-year-old daughter Tessa.

"I have a little less than a year to figure it out what I want to do," she said. "I really want my knee to heal and want to get my legs back in shape.