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【news+pics】PM urged to focus on indigenous health 20.03.2008Olympian Cathy Freeman has urged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to "stay focused" on the task of closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.Freeman, the first Aboriginal athlete to win an Olympic gold medal, issued the call at an indigenous health summit in Canberra on Thursday as Mr Rudd signed a pledge to close the gap by 2030.Mr Rudd also announced $33.5 million in funding to curb indigenous smoking rates and strengthen the indigenous health work force.A new Indigenous Health Equality Council, to assist in the development and monitoring of indigenous health targets, will also be created.Asked what advice she would give to Mr Rudd, his government and others working to close the gap, Freeman, a patron of the Close the Gap campaign with fellow Olympian Ian Thorpe, said: "Stay focused, no compromise."Mr Rudd said he was "seized" by Cathy's advice."Given enough determination, enough goodwill, enough hard work and enough vision, I believe we not only can close the gap but we will close the gap," Mr Rudd told the summit.Thorpe said Australians had a "moral responsibility" to help close the gap."Hopefully with things like this I will see it in my lifetime, hopefully when I'm not an old man," he said.Thorpe thanked Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson and indigenous affairs spokesman Tony Abbott for attending the summit, saying bipartisanship was important.But Mr Abbott had earlier said the opposition's exclusion from the drafting of the pledge made a "mockery" of bipartisanship."I have very serious reservations about the process, I think the opposition should have been consulted rather than simply presented with the statement, and while I think the statement has laudable objectives I think it could have been better drafted," Mr Abbott said.Dr Nelson signed a statement in support of the pledge but also expressed some reservations about it."I support the pledge, but the pledge should obviously also focus on alcohol abuse and access to employment and getting kids to school and other things," he said.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said the pledge was a "monumental development"."This statement today means that benchmarks and targets for achieving these fundamental human rights for indigenous Australians are not only possible but are now firm commitments," he said.Oxfam Australia executive director Andrew Hewett said the pledge was an excellent first step.The Cancer Council Australia welcomed the government's $14.5 million plan to cut indigenous smoking rates, saying it was key to reducing inequity in cancer survival between indigenous and non-indigenous people.Aborigines are more than twice as likely to smoke as non-indigenous people and smoking directly contributes to one fifth of all indigenous adult deaths.by AAP
【图文】索普专访我不想为荣誉游泳 2007-08-22索普专访我不想为荣誉游泳伊恩·索普,曾经的游泳世界之王,在2006年急流勇退,因为他需要在其他领域证明自己。“我拥有游泳的才能,但是我意识到,我其实还有其他不同的才能,别样的生活一样会给我带来激情和信心。我很享受带着激情去完成我的每一项工作。”索普说。 8月6日上午,就在北京奥运会倒计时一周年之际,澳大利亚游泳选手伊恩·索普出现在了北京。这位去年宣布退役的著名“大脚”人气不减。在北京,有他的商业项目和慈善项目,当然,还有愈来愈浓的奥运气氛。他才24岁,却已在两届奥运会上拿到过金牌。前两年,当他为纽约申办2012年奥运举办权站台时,他曾承诺会游到那一年。但时过境迁,誓言作废,他放弃了在北京赢取400米自由泳奥运帽子戏法的机会。 奥运,对于一个游泳运动员来说,自有其特别意义。相比足球运动员每周末都在大球场展示球技、聚敛名气,游泳运动员所拥有的舞台小得多也少得多,绝大多数游泳运动员都无缘成为富豪,甚至生活清贫。一流的足球明星随便数数也有几十个,一流的游泳明星我们大约只能记住几个。赞助商为菲尔普斯在一届奥运上拿八块金牌开出的悬赏不过100万美元,而拿着年薪几百万欧元的球星数不胜数。奥运是游泳选手向全世界展示自己的最大舞台。 幸运的是,索普是游泳巨星,当代可与之相提并论的唯有菲尔普斯。索普是澳大利亚历史上最杰出的奥运选手。他被称为游泳史上最好的中距离选手,以及有史以来最好的自由泳选手。 历史上最重的一流游泳运动员 伊恩·索普,于1982年10月13日出生在悉尼。他一出生就是个大胖娃娃,重8.2斤,高59cm,像在娘胎里发育了一年半似的。他的体形总是比同年龄的对手大出许多,这在泳道里是优势。索普最后长到了1米95,脚掌巨大如“蹼”,体重超过100公斤,是历史上最重的一流游泳运动员。 在澳大利亚这个游泳大国里,大婴儿索普似乎注定要去争霸泳道。不过,索普去学游泳纯属偶然。他的姐姐摔断了手腕,为了恢复手腕力量而去学游泳,5岁的索普也跟着去了。虽然索普的父母都曾是职业运动员,但他们并不希望儿女再走他们的路。索普对氯过敏,这使得他在游泳时必须把脑袋挺在水面上。7岁的时候,他第一次参加游泳比赛,这是一次学校比赛,尽管他的姿势怪异,但他还是拿到了冠军。 索普用了几年的时间才克服了氯过敏。1995年,索普开始跟着入选澳大利亚国家队的姐姐的教练弗罗斯特一起练习,这时才12岁的他已长到180厘米。到1996年,13岁的他参加了亚特兰大奥运的国家队选拔赛。他的教练送他去参赛只是为了积累比赛经验,弗罗斯特已经知道,索普的第一次奥运必将是在4年后的悉尼。 而这期间的4年,已足够让索普成就无数纪录。1997年,他第一次赢得国家队选拔赛,14岁5个月的年龄让他成为澳大利亚史上最年轻的国家队男选手。1998年,在澳大利亚珀斯世界游泳锦标赛上,索普首次称雄世界。他夺取了400m自由泳和4×200m自由泳接力的金牌。1998年英联邦运动会,他赢得4枚金牌,并和队友一起打破4×200m自由泳接力的世界纪录。1999年开始的3年里,他共13次打破世界纪录。他已建立起400m自由泳、200m自由泳的统治地位。 当悉尼奥运会拉开帷幕时,17岁的索普身上已背负着巨大的压力。这是他的故乡,这是他的泳道,这是他的世界纪录。就像明年刘翔在北京会遭遇的那样,同胞和舆论的期望不只是金牌,还要求再破世界纪录。索普在参加400m自由泳决赛时,领先第二名15米夺得冠军,并以3分40秒59打破世界纪录。随后,他又和队友一起击败不可一世的美国队,夺得4×100m自由泳接力的金牌,并再破世界纪录。接着他又拿下4×200m自由泳接力的金牌,并破世界纪录,并获4×100m混合泳接力的银牌。虽然索普被认为是最出色的澳大利亚选手,被任命为闭幕式澳大利亚的旗手,但这届奥运会还是给他留下了遗憾,那就是200m自由泳的金牌被霍根班德抢走,荷兰人还以1分45秒35打破了索普的世界纪录。
【News】Ian Thorpe: My new passion He's won five Olympic gold medals, more than any other Australian, and broke freestyle records almost as fast as he set them. He's designed underwear and jewellery, launched a range of food products and founded his own charity, Fountain For Youth, to help indigenous and underprivileged children. Whatever next? Woman's Day caught up with 24-year-old Ian Thorpe for a funny, wide-ranging interview about life in general and his latest project - a thought-provoking, two-hour Foxtel TV documentary on climate change called Fish Out Of Water.Now you've retired, do you miss competition?I do. I miss the motivation and challenge, and precision and hard work in the lead-up. I even miss the gruelling schedule - but I don't miss it enough to give up or delay the things I'm doing today. I achieved more than I ever expected to in the pool and I'm grateful for my time in it. I'm also glad for the way I left the sport. I know I could have achieved more, but it wasn't my desire to do that. Call me crazy! [He puts on a cartoon-style voice] Well, I don't mind if I do. What's it like watching your friends swim for Australia?I get really excited and I actually get nervous for them, which is strange because I never got too nervous swimming myself. In my head I'm critiquing them, which is horrible. Are you tempted to dive in?I still swim - it's just that everyone doesn't get to see me doing it any more. I'm not quite as good as I used to be, but swimming is still important to me. I'm glad I don't have a love-hate relationship with it, like a lot of former swimmers who leave the sport and never get in a pool again. I swim now when I'm stressed. It takes me between 10 and 45 minutes to get it all out.How else do you relax?I have dogs, so I play with them and take them for walks. I cook and I love watching movies. I garden. And - this is a little embarrassing, but I'm going to admit it - I just bought a video game and I've completed half of it but I can't get past that level. I don't know if that relaxes me or frustrates me. So I'm quite boring - nothing unusual or exciting. Does the public have an accurate picture of you?Not completely, but I don't want people to have the right perception of me either! Family and friends see me relaxed, warts and all, which is a little bit different from what other people get to see. Australians think they know me because they've seen me grow up in public. It's all been a bit like The Truman Show, my life. So why don't we see you falling out of nightclubs, like other former child stars?Oh, I do fall out of nightclubs! [He laughs loudly, then turns serious] I just had to come to terms with growing up in public. It started when I was really young, about 14 or 15, which is probably the most awkward part of your life. As I was adapting from child to adolescent to man, I had that spotlight on me. I guess one thing is that I have always been honest and never lost sight of what I'm about, and that's held me together. Being accepting helps, and setting up boundaries. Do you get approached by fans?It depends where I am. Everyone knows me where I live and they're just "over" me, they see me at the shopping centre all the time, running in to get a video with no shoes on. When other people come up, generally they want to congratulate me on my career and wish me luck. It's incredibly positive and it's lovely. If I'm in a bad mood it brightens my day, so thanks.
【News】Thorpe dives in for green doco Thorpe dives in for green doco May 27, 2007 12:00 ON a dusty trail, enveloped by bird song and exquisite Kakadu vistas, Ian Thorpe is truly a fish out of water. Far removed from the watery training schedules that dominated his childhood, Thorpe is embracing life on the land and a new career in television, starting with a documentary exploring climate change and the fragility of Australia's eco-systems. Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Thorpe said the project -- which will air on Foxtel in early July -- reflected his passion for the environment and a desire to educate people about adopting "greener lifestyles''. "I've had the opportunity to get involved in a lot of projects after being a professional swimmer, but I've always felt it had to be something that I was passionate about,'' Thorpe said. "While it's topical at the moment, this is an issue that is here to stay and I'm glad I have the opportunity to learn more about it as it's going to play out over the rest of my life. "I hope what people see is that it's not catastrophic and that there are solutions but we do need to act and we need to act now. There are a lot of mixed messages (about climate change) so hopefully we can clarify some of these.'' Thorpe said his decision to retire from competitive swimming last November had proved a "good change''. "I'm living a little more of a normal life now than I was then,'' he said. "The highs aren't quite as high and the lows aren't quite as low, it's just a lot more level and is a good change. "Everything that I ever wanted to achieve with my swimming career was there on a platter; I just had to swim for another 18 months and it would happen. "When I knew that was my approach, I realised that it wasn't what I wanted so I made the decision (to retire). "Swimming didn't mean as much to me as it used to and if I was to continue just to achieve those things it would discredit what I'd done before, when I had a driving passion for it. "I didn't want that to affect my experience of the sport so I decided to step away and pursue other things. I know it doesn't make a lot of sense to other people but it does to me.'' Thorpe now uses swimming as a means to alleviate stress. "You can't retire from a sport you love doing,'' he said. "I still swim; it's just everyone doesn't get to see me doing it any more. I'm not quite as good at it as I used to be, but I still swim and that's important to me. "I'm glad I don't have the love/hate relationship with it like a lot of former swimmers who leave the sport and never get in the pool again. I swim now when I'm stressed. It takes me between 10 and 45 minutes to get it all out. "I try to exercise three times a week; I do some boxing, running, a little bit of surfing and kayaking as well.'' While Thorpe maintains his fitness, he also maintains a sceptical opinion of the media. During the three days The Sunday Telegraph spent trailing Thorpe as he filmed in Kakadu National Park, the Olympic gold medallist remained guarded about discussing his life. While the 24-year-old would not comment on recent allegations of drug use by French newspaper L'Equipe, he was, however, drawn into discussing the question mark over his sexuality. From a young age, Thorpe's sweet nature and interest in fashion has forced him to confront speculation about whether he was gay. "I don't ignore it, I just don't care about it,'' he said. "I can argue until I'm black and blue about it but I don't see the point of arguing with someone when they've already made up their mind and whatever I say (about it) won't matter.'' The documentary, Fish Out Of Water, has taken Thorpe across Australia. From Mildura to Herron Island, Perth to Kakadu, Thorpe said he has "loved'' the opportunities the project afforded him. In Kakadu last week, the Thorpedo proved popular with the locals -- and the wildlife, after befriending a small turtle. On a cruise to witness the rising water levels of the Yellow River, Thorpe took to the turtle, using it as a prop for a series of pictures to promote the show. "He's so cute,'' the "Super Fish'' said. The Aboriginal elders accompanying Thorpe were less sentimental: the turtle ended up as supper for one of their grandmothers later that evening.
【Magazine】Ian Thorpe的杂志图片 Here's a new article in the Sydney Morning Herald. Apparently Ian's done an interview for their magazine. Thorpe's Lethal Stroke MANY mysteries surround Ian Thorpe, and perhaps the biggest one is how many more world records he might have broken with his "new lethal stroke". Unless Thorpe, 24, reverses his decision to retire, he, and we, will never know. In a lengthy and revealing exclusive interview in today's Good Weekend, Thorpe discusses his deeply personal thoughts on life, swimming, and what might have been, if he had kept on staring at the black line. Last year, Thorpe spent three months training in Los Angeles with American performance enhancer Milt Nelms and became totally converted. "I transformed the way I swim, and trained. I loved both. I felt extraordinarily alive, and knew I was lethal with my new stroke," Thorpe said. Mystery also surrounds Nelms, sometimes called swimming's horse whisperer, because even Nelms finds it difficult to verbalise succinctly what he does, and is reluctant to say too much anyway. But Nelms explains it is about the swimmer's posture, brain, instincts, and guiding the swimmer to be aware of how every muscle and bone should feel, when they are making the most efficient natural fast stroke for their body shape. Nelms did not want to reveal too much of his method as it is "intellectual property", but he did say we should be going back to the days before all the science came into the sport, and "look at what people do when they are performing in the water in a way that their body wants to rather than the way it's told to". Thorpe said: "It's a way of swimming we should all learn as kids because it is so hard to pick it up as an adult, when you've been drilled full of science-based technique. "It took me ages to get it, and I only know a fraction of what Milt knows. But it's such an enjoyable way to swim. I love the stroke. I believe if swimming is to move forwards, the Milt Nelms holistic approach is the only way to go. "It's such a healthy way of swimming and training, and the only way that swimming is going to get significantly faster. "I won't be the one to show it to the world, but others will seek Milt out. His methods won't be adopted initially, because people are so set in their ways of doing things, and you must be open to lateral thinking." But Thorpe was also facing a career-lethal dilemma. "Just when I had this amazing new skill, and the opportunity to race with it, and prove this new way of swimming to the world - my head and heart are going, I don't think that this is what I want to keep on doing. I don't crave it." While Thorpe is happily developing his professional life beyond swimming, he remains intensely interested in the sport that filled his life. "In some ways, we are still quite primitive in what we do in swimming," he says. "I believe if swimming is to move forwards, the Milt Nelms's holistic approach is the only way to go. "It's ?the only way that swimming is going to get significantly faster. It's not going to come from the person who has the capacity to swim more kilometres in training." "I won't be the one to show it to the world, but others will seek Milt out. He's a generous guy, he'll help other individuals to create incredible performances and set new benchmarks." Thorpe believes traditional swimming training is too spartan, and does not allow swimmers to develop any real life-balancing interests outside the pool. "For the enormous amount of hours we train, the gains we make are very small. You can reach the point where you are physically abusing yourself for so long, you can't put up with it any more. "I believe we should throw out all the training, and start over again. Or, at least, have a conversation about it." He maintains the other great health advantage of Nelms's method is that it carries through to posture and the way you make every physical movement out of the pool. The now classic body posture of champion swimmers out of the pool - slouching rounded shoulders and bow-shaped back - is forbidden under Nelms. Thorpe, Nelms, and Nelms's partner, Shane Gould, who understands and practises Nelms's complex techniques, are jointly exploring a way of teaching the method to children. An exciting international business proposition is in an early, sensitive stage, they say. But former Australian head coach Don Talbot - who insisted he did not want to be a "critic of Ian's at all" - said he thought it a little pre-emptive of him to be making such statements, not only when few people have had a chance to use the method, but also because we will not get to see Thorpe do it. "Stroke making is always a very controversial issue and somebody regularly comes out with a seemingly new idea; it usually isn't a new idea anyway, just a rebirth of an idea that has been [tried] many years ago," Talbot
【图片+视频】'Ian has been clean all his life' April 1, 2007Page 1 of 2 HAVING battled explosive revelations of abnormal drug tests throughout the day, Ian Thorpe went back to the pool last night, buoyed by support at home and abroad.Prime Minister John Howard joined the defence of Australia's greatest Olympian, but no one's words were more poignant than those of his father, Ken.Speaking to The Sun-Herald from his Panania home, Mr Thorpe said he was dismayed to wake to allegations that his son had returned "abnormal levels" of two banned substances."As a father, it tears me apart hearing the rubbish they say," he said. "Ian has been clean all his life; he's done everything right. He never even used to take antibiotics. The only way he has got where he has is through hard work."French newspaper L'Equipe yesterday alleged Thorpe returned an inconclusive result from a urine test in May 2006, with abnormally high readings of testosterone and luteinizing hormone (LH).The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) found the five-time Olympic gold medallist had no case to answer. But yesterday the international governing body for swimming, Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA), confirmed it had asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to investigate the ASADA test.After the story broke, Thorpe's manager Dave Flaskas and his lawyer Tony O'Reilly - whose clients include rugby player Wendell Sailor and Olympic kayaker Nathan Baggaley, who both faced drug accusations - flew to Melbourne for crisis talks with the retired star.Thorpe had watched the night session of the World Swimming Championships alongside fellow Olympian Michael Klim, but refused to talk to the media. He is expected to face the world's press today.An emotional Mr Thorpe said his son's natural ability and consistent success from a young age - he won his first world title at 15 - proved he was no drug cheat. Thorpe won five Olympic gold medals and broke 13 individual and five relay world records during his stellar career.But last November, at just 24, he sent shockwaves throughout world swimming by retiring. Swimming Australia chief executive Glenn Tasker said the allegations against Thorpe - a vehement anti-doping campaigner - had been like a "lightning bolt"."This is bad for Ian. It is bad timing for Ian, bad timing for us and I feel sorry for the [world championship] organising committee," Mr Tasker said. But he warned the public not to confuse "abnormal" readings with a positive test.
【News】Thorpe helps prepare for March madness Thorpe helps prepare for March madness February 10, 2007 SHAKESPEARE'S Julius Caesar was warned "beware the ides of March". Next month in Melbourne, it's the major events you'll need to watch out for. More than a dozen spectacles will be competing for attention, including the Grand Prix, the Melbourne Fashion Festival, the Moomba Waterfest, the annual Food and Wine Festival, the Antipodes Festival, and the flower and garden show. Add to this the 12th FINA world swimming championships, which start on March 17, and its associated outdoor cultural festival, and a plethora of events will be cashing in on the most predictable month of the city's notoriously changeable weather cycle. Yesterday, the March madness started with a media event to mark the start of the temporary pool installation in Rod Laver Arena. Retired swimming champions Ian Thorpe and Susie O'Neill signed two galvanised steel panels to be used in the pool's corners, then helped install them. Photos taken, there was one question everyone wanted to ask: had Thorpe considered a comeback since he announced his retirement last November? "The full stop was put on this the day I announced the end of my competitive swimming career," said the 24-year-old, who has been travelling in China, Japan and Brazil since he quit the sport. "I have thought about swimming, but not about racing or training or things like that. Now when I think about competitive swimming, it's a memory." Thorpe will be back in Melbourne for sponsor and media commitments when the championships start in three weeks. Meanwhile, organisers of the championships festival are preparing for their three-day extravaganza. More than 500 artists, including musicians, dancers, pyrotechnicians, acrobats and puppeteers, will take part in 180 free events on the banks of the Yarra from March 23 to 25. This follows last year's successful Commonwealth Games festival, which attracted two million visitors over 11 days. Arts Minister Lynne Kosky said yesterday there were no plans to fund an annual cultural festival in March. But the FINA arts party will be monitored closely by government officials, who argue that an annual, free outdoor cultural program could absorb or replace the Moomba festival -- now in its 55th year and which many believe has become tired. "There would be an uproar," said one government insider, when asked if Moomba would be axed. Another said: "Haven't we gone beyond pretty girls in bikinis on the back of a sports car, waving to the crowds?"
【News】Edmistone, Mills miss out December 11, 2006JUST change, it wasn't about the ones who made it last night, but the ones who missed out.No woman has swum breaststroke faster than her - not even Leisel Jones - but Jade Edmistone won't have the opportunity to defend her world title next year in Melbourne after she failed to qualify for the Australian team in Brisbane last night.Edmistone, who won the 50m world title in Montreal in 2005, and who set the world record of 30.31s at the Commonwealth Games selection trials in Melbourne in January, was able to finish second to Jones in the breaststroke sprint on the final night of the Australian titles last night, but her time of 31.01s was well outside the time needed - 30.89s -- to gain selection on the team.Just a matter of minutes later and Alice Mills, a former national champion, and member of the 4x100m Olympic gold medal team in Athens, failed to make the word championship team when she finished third in the 50m freestyle, just 0.01s behind the second placegetter, her training partner and good friend, Jodie Henry.A naturally disappointed Edmistone said after her event: "That was the goal tonight to try and make that qualifying time but unfortunately I missed out."I don't think I did anything particularly wrong in that race but there's been some pretty big changes for me this season, since Commonwealth Games, moving interstate and getting married, changing coaches, and changing into a new program. I guess I've got to rethink things now and maybe make some more changes … I'm not sure."Edmistone had been training at the Australian Institute of Sport before moving back to Brisbane to marry fellow swimmer Andrew Richards. The biggest problem for Edmistone now is that having missed the world titles, her next major event will be the Olympic trials in March 2008, and keeping interest in training for such a long period will not be easy."I probably have to take some time and have a think about that [the future]. Obviously I want to make the Olympic team so I'll probably just knuckle down and do some work on the 100."For Jones, who clocked 30.60s, the 50m success completed the trifecta of breaststroke events. She admitted she has been very happy with the way the week has gone, but there were still things to work on and that will keep her enthusiastic in the three months until the world championships."I know I've got a lot of improving to do so that's exciting as well with those times I've done," Jones said. "I think this meet has been a great platform for me to work from. It has shown how much potential there is still left. If I am going into to a season excited that's a really good thing. I can't wait to get back into training and really work on some pretty important things."Libby Lenton added to her 100m freestyle title with her 24.63s performance in the 50m freestyle, with Henry second in 25.01, and Mills third in 25.02s."I don't want to say too much [about Mills] because I don't want to make her too upset or anything," Henry said. "There is nothing that can be said to make her feel any better."Victorian Matt Welsh won the 50m backstroke, not only his third title of the week, but adding to his record haul that now stands at 52 Australian titles in his 10-year career.West Australian Adam Lucas booked his place on the team when he won the 400m individual medley.
【News】Thorpe yet to find feet after retirement December 13, 2006Ian Thorpe admits he is still coming to terms to life without competitive swimming.The five-time Olympic champion inspected the site for the new $40 million Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre in Sydney on Wednesday.Thorpe confirmed he had officially retired from competitive swimming after asking to be removed from the official drug-testing register, but admitted he was still finding his feet after last month's shock retirement announcement."It is a really strange transition," Thorpe, who admitted he was dealing with retirement "uncomfortably" told reporters."I am extremely busy. I am looking forward to a break over Christmas."Meanwhile, swimming legend and Laureus World Sports Academy member Mark Spitz has paid his respects to Thorpe.The Australian swimming star was closest to matching Spitz's record Olympic medal haul before announcing he would hang up his competitive goggles on November 20."The world of sport lost to history one of its greatest to retirement," said the Olympic legend, who won seven golds in one Olympic Games at Munich in 1972.In 2004 at Athens, Thorpe finished with two gold, one silver and one bronze."Ian Thorpe was the world's best for 10 years. What he accomplished now becomes a matter of measure that others will judge themselves by."Thorpe, a five times Olympic champion had not competed for two years following the Athens Olympics, where he added to his three golds and two silvers from the Sydney Olympics, giving him a total of five gold, two silvers and a bronze.He was the youngest ever swimming world champion, winning the 400m freestyle at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, aged 15.
【News】Ian Interviewed By FIFA World Cup Site 'Australia among the top 20'14 June 2006by FIFAworldcup.com Ian Thorpe (born on October 13, 1982) is also known as the 'Thorpedo'. The Australian swimmer who, after winning the 200 and 400 metre freestyle races at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, became known as one of the greatest middle-distance swimmers of all time. He has won five Olympic Games gold medals, more than any other Australian before. Interview with Ian Thorpe about the performance of the Australian teamDid you watch the Australia–Japan game and where did you watch it?Yes I did, late at night in Australia. I saw it at home, late on Monday night. It was quite strange because I went from Australia, where everyone's ecstatic, to Japan, where the mood is obviously a lot more sombre. What do you think about the performance of your team on the pitch?Australia have a strong team. We’ve been very unlucky when you look at the draw that we had to qualify for the World Cup. We have some very talented players. If you look at where we are in the rankings, I don’t really think it’s a true indication of how skilled and how good the Australian team actually is. Who in your opinion was the most important player on the pitch?Marco Bresciano. Mark Viduka didn’t have his best game, I thought – normally he’s very strong up there. But it is not about the individuals in this team. Do you think Australia can make it through to the round of 16?I definitely think Australia are a top 20 team. Reaching the last 16 would be a fantastic result for Australia and it is possible. At the moment, we've got a 50-50 chance. We have a good chance of reaching the second round. Have you seen any other 2006 FIFA World Cup™ games?I saw Italy play Ghana, and I actually thought the Italians would be a little bit stronger. But usually when Italy have a good World Cup, they start slowly and then build up, and I am expecting good things from them. What is your favourite team after the Australians?You know, there’s no real team that I support. I like how the Italians play, and I also think Germany have a good chance with the home crowd, which will definitely help. Argentina will be strong as well, but who do I think will be in the final? I think it might be Italy-Brazil. And what do you think the score will be in that final?I think Brazil will win 2-1. A website would you like to promote?My charity. You can visit the website by clicking here. Your future projects?I’m in Japan at the moment launching my drink, which is an advanced water called ‘Thorpedo’. Then I’ll head over to LA to train for the next three months and then return to Australia in preparation for the World Championships, which are being held in Melbourne early in 2007.http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060614/1/7jwl.html
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