runtlocks
the diff'rence
Just saw this on the news, not to compete in the WOrld Championships or Beijing 2008.
Ian Thorpe quits professional Swimming (1 Viewer)
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passion89
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I think it was a good decision... Good luck to him anyways.
matt#1
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He has achieved so much already...and will undoubtedly go down as one of our greatest ever sporting heroes...but I still can't help but feel that he could have achieved so much more. Perhaps he will also go down in history as one of the biggest ever wastes of such a sublime talent?
In the end I guess the decision is his. Good luck to him.
In the end I guess the decision is his. Good luck to him.
HotShot
-_-
how long can you swim for? must be damn boring swimming all the time.
BlackDragon
Active Member
i don't feel that sad that he's left. he sort of, overshadowed the rest of the teams (male and female) in a way, and i didn't like him that much. i just hope he stops getting headlines now that he's left and the rest of the aussie teams shine through into a new era of greatness. 
what did he do after the olympics?
"train" in the us? more like. make a clothing line. etc. etc. -__-
he'll be one of the B-grade celebs. pffft.
well whatever. he DID win gold medals before. can't take that away from him.
i think it's disappointing he quit so young! haha..just watched news headline
"too young to retire, but he's hit a wall"
"train" in the us? more like. make a clothing line. etc. etc. -__-
he'll be one of the B-grade celebs. pffft.
well whatever. he DID win gold medals before. can't take that away from him.
i think it's disappointing he quit so young! haha..just watched news headline
"too young to retire, but he's hit a wall"
davo_
good kid
Sure he could have achieved more, but there's no point playing if ya hearts not in it. Its a bit harsh saying that he might go down as a waste of talent - he holds several records that probably won't be broken for some time. Australia's male swimming squad has died a little in the last few years - now there is only Hackett left (correct me if there are some others). I expect Australian swimming to go through a bit of a recession in the next few years.
bmc
Member
let him go who cares. he made us look good at a couple of olympics. He would rather design fashion (ie. put his name on other stuff) so let him.
BlackDragon
Active Member
well that's not true. our women are world dominators. but yeah, males, not as strong.davo_ said:
SiZmOs
"Shaken, not stirred."
how can you say he's lazy? he's been swimming for nigh on a decade, and he wants to try other things. it's his decision, and his alone. who knows, he might make a comeback into swimming. though i doubt it.
davo_
good kid
Even the women swimmers aren't what they were about a year or 2 ago - all of the Australian records have been broken by the Germans pretty much.
And despite his young age he has been at the top for about 10 years; if a footballer started playing firsts for an NRL club when he was 20 and finished when he was 30 you wouldn't call them lazy (and I realise the obvious higher injury rates of rugby league so don't point it out to me).
And despite his young age he has been at the top for about 10 years; if a footballer started playing firsts for an NRL club when he was 20 and finished when he was 30 you wouldn't call them lazy (and I realise the obvious higher injury rates of rugby league so don't point it out to me).