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Amanda Beard and Dara Torres are polar opposites. Amanda broke a record at the age of 14 and at 41 years old Dara Torres will also break a record this year at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In honour of these two great women I have compiled 3 of their most memorable quotes.

Amanda Beard
Amanda is a 7-Time Olympic Medalist Authentic Scott Hartnell Jersey , a model with numerous magazine covers, and a national spokesperson for various companies. Amanda Beard became the second-youngest gold medalist in USA Swimming history (only Pokey Watson was younger than Amanda in 1964 winning the 400m free relay gold at 14 years and 96 days old) by winning her first Olympic gold, swimming on the medley relay. She is also a five-time U.S. national champion and has set an American record in the 200m breaststroke during a World Cup in 2002. Amanda Beard will be entering her 4th Olympic Games this summer in Beijing.

1 - ?I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.?

2 - "When I look back on it, it's fuzzy - like a dream. I can't really remember everything; it's just like a childhood memory to me. I didn't know too much about what was going on, I just kind of swam. Sure, there was publicity going on about me being so young, and it's really weird to be 14 and have all that stuff happening to you, but then again, you're so young and childish you sort of blow it off." (on her 1996 Olympic experience)

3 - ?I hope that looking back at my career and as other people look back at my career I hope that I?ve opened a lot of doors and opportunities for other people. I know a lot of people get on my case a lot because I?ve done a lot of things outside of the pool I?m trying to open doors I?m trying to create more interest in swimming and bring more sponsors into the sport so swimmers that are coming up behind me can have a career in it.?

Dara Torres
Dara Torres is the first American swimmer to compete at four Olympic Games and has racked up a total of nine Olympic medals - 4 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronze. Dara successfully competed at the 1984, 88, 92 and again at the 2000 Olympic Games. She is now breaking her own record with her 5th Olympic Games in Beijing this summer.

1 - ?The water doesn't know what age you are when you jump in, so why not?? (commenting on entering her fifth Olympics at age 41)

2 - ?They may become harder to achieve, but your dreams can't stop because you've hit a certain age or you've had a child.?

3 - ?When I first started, people said I was an inspiration, but I think it?s been a complete 180 turn. I have so many people coming up to me now and telling me about their stories and what?s changed in their lives, and I feel like I?m getting inspiration from other people.?

I?ll be supporting both swimmers back here at home and wishing them luck this summer at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Afghan women carry the coffin of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched by an angry mob for allegedly burning the Koran, in central Kabul on March 22, 2015 (AFP PhotoWakil Kohsar) Crowds turn out for the funeral procession of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched by an angry mob for allegedly burning the Koran, in central Kabul on March 22, 2015 (AFP PhotoWakil Kohsar) Relatives and family of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched by an angry mob, mourn at her home in central Kabul on March 22, 2015 (AFP PhotoWakil Kohsar) Pigeons surround the Shahi Doshamshira mosque where an Afghan woman was beaten to death and her body set alight by a mob, in Kabul on March 20, 2015 (AFP PhotoShah Marai) Afghan women carry the coffin of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched by an angry mob for allegedly burning the Koran, in central Kabul on March 22, 2015 (AFP PhotoWakil Kohsar)

Kabul - Hundreds of people on Sunday attended the burial of an Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran.


Authorities announced the suspension of 13 police officers as well as multiple arrests over the lynching, which took place in full view of several policemen and sparked widespread condemnation at home and abroad.


The body of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched on Thursday by an angry crowd in central Kabul, was carried to the graveyard by women amid crowds of men, an AFP reporter said, a rare act of protest in a male-dominated society.


The crowd, shouting "Allah o Akbar" (God is greatest), demanded the government bring the killers to justice.


"This is a crime against this family, a crime against a sister and a crime against humanity," said Bari Salam, a human rights activist.


"All those involved and all those who supported her killing should be brought to justice," he said.


The United Nations said Farkhunda, who was known by only one name, had "suffered mental illness for many years".


But her father told the media his daughter had a diploma in Islamic studies and could recite the Koran by heart. He insisted she was not involved in burning the Muslim holy book.


Farkhunda's brother Najeebullah Malikzada supported his father's claim.


"Farkhunda was a deeply religious girl. She used to recite the holy Koran and pray five times a day," he told the crowd.


Footage of the attack on social media shows a number of uniformed police watching the crowd as they beat her to death, burn her body and then dump it into a river.


- 'Brutal act' -


"This brutal act once again shows the incompetence of the police force," Mariam Mustafawi, one of those at the burial, told AFP.


"Today our police force is unable to enforce the rule of law. How can they protect us against the enemy?"


President Ashraf Ghani condemned the killing as "heinous" and ordered a commission to investigate the incident.


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