Ian Thorpe will be unable to defend his Olympic 400m freestyle title in Athens, having been disqualified for a false start in the heats of that event at the Australian Olympic Trials in Sydney this morning.
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Ian Thorpe has confirmed his programme of events for the Athens Olympics and will concentrate purely on freestyle events at this summer's championships. The Thorpedo has discarded the 100m backstroke and 200 medley events following recent experiments with those events and will now swim the 100, 200 and 400 freestyle at the Australian Olympic … Continue Reading→