The man in the big black suit is no more, with Ian Thorpe having hung up his goggles and called time on his illustrious career. Along the way there have been countless highs and impressive performances, but the four below are our favourites.
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Baker back as a kiwi
Three of England’s gold medal winners from Manchester will be in Melbourne attempting to retain the titles they won in 2002. Only two of them will be sporting the red rose however as the third, Zoe Baker, returns under the silver fern. The former British swimmer is aiming to add a second Commonwealth gold medal to her collection but this time for her adopted New Zealand.
Continue Reading →outside lane, out of mind
The outside smoker, a speedy swimmer in lane one or eight who takes a field by surprise to win the gold, is hardly a new phenomenon but it has been one that has appeared with unusual regularity in Montreal in these World Championships. So is there something peculiar about the pool, are swimmers getting more practiced at dealing with the qualification process or are there more rational explanations?
Continue Reading →Australian trials 2005 review – Ian Pope interview
Local knowledge is a wonderful thing; inside knowledge is even better. That’s why, after his analysis last year, we again tracked down Ian Pope, coach to five swimmers selected for the Montreal World Championships in Giaan Rooney, Michael Klim, Patrick Murphy, Brett Hawke and Matt Welsh.
Continue Reading →steve parry – flying into the sunset
Who said nice guys can’t be winners? Eleven major medals in a career spanning 10 years says otherwise if you are Steve Parry, who called time on his swimming exploits shortly before this years World Championship trials, only seven months after his biggest achievement, Olympic bronze.
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