Commonwealth games
Australia's women swimmers, led by Libby Lenton, Jodie Henry, and Alice Mills, are dominating the 100-meter freestyle and butterfly events, with no one in the world able to touch them. The team is also expected to excel in the men's events, despite the absence of Ian
Commonwealth games
Ian Turner, England's head swimming coach, has warned that rival swimmers will see an opportunity to beat ailing Australian Ian Thorpe if he competes at the Commonwealth Games. Turner believes the competition is strong enough to threaten Thorpe's chances of winning gold if he's
Thorpe, Ian
At the heart of the Olympic competition in Athens lies a showdown between USA's Michael Phelps and Australia's Ian Thorpe, the world's top swimmers, in the 200-meter freestyle event. This high-stakes contest has significant implications for Phelps' bid to match Mark Spitz'
Thorpe, Ian
The doping scandal in swimming has been rekindled after Ian Thorpe, a prominent Australian swimmer, was reprimanded by the sport's governing body, FINA, for his public criticism of the procedures to catch drug cheats. Thorpe, a long-time critic of the current system, has kept quiet about the issue
