Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe, OAMis an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship. In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship golds,...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth13 October 1982
CitySydney, Australia
CountryAustralia
I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
Training in that cold pool of a morning really tests you, whether you really want to do it or not,
I don't know which events are really going to be right for me at the moment. I've got to work that out and I'm not going to rush it.
I wouldn't final (I wouldn't make it to the final) in any of my events. Semi-final, I doubt and so , you know, I don't know how I'd be after the races either. I could do more damage than good.
I wouldn't have swum this race if I wasn't satisfied about the decision Craig had made and how he made the decision,
I have struggled for the last three weeks to overcome my illness. It's very disappointing that I can't be part of the team.
She's just pulling her hair out. But really she's cool with it.
My training is going exceptionally well. I'm fit and I have been for quite some time. I'm looking forward to racing.
I think I should retire after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Having time away, it reignites that passion and that fire that you have. And I have that back and I'm looking forward to the next four years,
I wasn't happy with it at all. I thought I would go faster than what I did last night (in the semi-finals) so it's pretty disappointing. I didn't swim as fast as I did last night. It's as simple as that.
It was tough but I was able to produce a pretty good performance and I'm ecstatic about the result.
I didn't think that that was going to happen, ... Maybe what I need is to get up and give more than I had tonight. But I'm really pleased with the way I swam.
I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.