Torres' swim coach Lohberg dies at 61 (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

The swim coach who helped Dara Torres make her fifth Olympic team has died from a rare blood disorder at 61. Michael Lohberg died April 4 and was diagnosed shortly before the 2008 Beijing Games. He had aplastic anemia, a condition in which the bone marrow doesn't produce enough new cells. Lohberg coached at six Olympics and qualified swimmers for every games from 1984 to 2008.

More...