Bill Sweetenham, the Australian in charge of British swimming, believes his compatriot Ian Thorpe could yet reverse his decision to walk away from the sport at the age of 24. Thorpe announced his retirement in November after winning five Olympic and 11 world championship gold medals. Sweetenham, who helped create the Australian youth programme which fostered Thorpe's extraordinary talent, admitted he had been surprised by Thorpe's decision and predicted that the lure of top-level competition would prove too difficult for him to resist a comeback. "As an Australian I would have loved Ian to stay on the team and be the team captain, either as a competitive or non-competitive captain, and also be a strong member of the relays teams," Sweetenham said. "As a swimmer he is the greatest athlete I've ever worked with or watched and I'd be very surprised if he doesn't reappear, in fact I hear rumours about that already." 

Thorpe 'may stage comeback'http://www.superswimmer.co.za/default.asp?id=202653&des=article&scat=superswimmer/internationalnews

目前执掌英国游泳队教鞭的澳大利亚人斯维腾哈姆日前在接受采访时表示，他相信日後Ian可能会改变主意，回到挚爱的泳池。

有没有可能吗????

尽管很希望我的奢望可以变成现实，但是ian是经过再三考虑才决定的，回到现实，希望ian可以过得快乐～～～