Ian Thorpe Retires

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:32 am

A superb swimmer, great athlete.

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:33 am

Batman wrote:A superb swimmer, great athlete.

Is that the fella with the huge...erm...feet?

FaninOz · Post by **FaninOz** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:06 pm

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:
Batman wrote:A superb swimmer, great athlete.

Is that the fella with the huge...erm...feet?

Webbed feet, just like a duck!

officer_dibble · Post by **officer_dibble** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:28 pm

He's 24....wish i could retire at 24.

On a serious note, whilst understanding that he is shit hot, and by all accounts some kind of fish/human crossbreed, why is he deciding to retire so soon?

sluffy · Post by **sluffy** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:38 pm

officer_dibble wrote:He's 24....wish i could retire at 24.

On a serious note, whilst understanding that he is shit hot, and by all accounts some kind of fish/human crossbreed, why is he deciding to retire so soon?

The Australian won three gold medals at the 2000 Games in Sydney and added two titles in Athens four years later.

But he has barely competed since then because of injury and fatigue, and told a news conference in Sydney he had been weighing up his future for some time.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 402568.stm

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:39 pm

That's some conk!

Gertie · Post by **Gertie** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:43 pm

I had to re-read that a few times!!!

Maybe he uses it as a rudder???

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:48 pm

Gertie wrote:I had to re-read that a few times!!!

Maybe he uses it as a rudder???

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:35 pm

Probably not, Gertie, but I sometimes wondered if he could swim backwards and still win.

The fatigue thing: from my reading he suffered a bout of glandular fever from which he has still not recovered (do you ever fully recover from this affliction?).

He's a sportsman, albeit a very good one in his field (and if anyone says a swimming pool is not a field I'll tweak your nose), but the local paper this morning might well have been an Ian Thorpe special edition cum obituary. Bloody hell. I applaud his decision, he's done just about everything a swimmer can do and he's young enough to carve out a career outside competition. He's not short of the odd quid or two either.

norm the jedi · Post by **norm the jedi** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:59 pm

Dujon wrote:
He's a sportsman, albeit a very good one in his field

Breast stroking across the meadow cutting perfect furrows with his conk..

No wonder he's knackered...

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:09 pm

Dujon wrote:(and if anyone says a swimming pool is not a field I'll tweak your nose)

Wotchit, Norm. Don't try playing semantics with me. Your nose tweak is being marinated as I type.

norm the jedi · Post by **norm the jedi** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:13 pm

need both hands to tweak Thorpeys

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:17 pm

Wouldn't know, Norm, I'm not that way inclined.

kevopey · Post by **kevopey** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:51 am

he is a very nice guy , known him since he was a kid , his dad Ken used to play football in the same team as me for a few years , wasn't a bad striker ,