DUE TO RETIREMENT (and aids)
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Thorpe announces retirement
Swimming superstar Ian Thorpe announced his retirement at a press conference in Sydney this lunchtime.
"As of 2:53 on Sunday afternoon I decided that I would not be swimming the world championships (next year)," the five-time Olympic gold medal winner said.
"I also made another very difficult decision - I decided that I was actually going to discontinue my professional swimming career."
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Thorpe described swimming as a "security net" and a "safety blanket" and said he felt he had not "balanced out" his life as well as he should.
"I realised I had to prioritise other things, and had let swimming take a little bit back seat at this stage," he said.
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Thanks for the thrills, mate.
Here's hoping the AIS proves me wrong, but we're basically fucked for swimming come Beijing, aren't we?
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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