Ian Thorpe: The Swimmer
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- 2012
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I'm Ian Thorpe.
I'm 28 years of age.
I'm a swimmer.
Ian Thorpe interview,
January 16, 2011.
Day one.
Is he being a dickwit,
or is he being serious?
No, he's tagging.
No, I'm being serious.
'Cause the thing is...
He can hear you.
I look at what I can do,
and from what I've kind of seen,
I... I think that I can
swim faster
than what all the other people
are doing.
Do you think you can
swim faster than you did?
Yep.
If I didn't think I could do it,
I'm putting at risk
my entire career
that, you know, is,
if you look at it,
you know, statistically,
it's pretty impressive...
And I'm saying, 'You know what?
I want another crack at this.'
Um, I think there's more things that
I can do.
than what it's had,
something more to give.
The first talk of a comeback
was about December,
and really, that talk
and yesterday,
it became an avalanche...
I tell you what, Andy, he
still draws a crowd, Ian Thorpe.
Something like 15 cameras
from around the world,
all eyes on our most successful
Olympian in the pool.
A five-time Olympic
gold medallist and now...
So I just went down.
The room is quite big.
Yeah. They've had to
move the stage back...
Oh, God.
..because there's more people.
The level of expectation
that's on me is enormous.
It's probably only outweighed by
my own expectations.
And because of venous
drug testing requirements,
how long is it till you can race?
It's nine months
until I'm allowed to compete,
and we'll make a decision
on how much competition I need
as opposed to how much training
I need and the experience as well.
You know, I haven't felt this way
about swimming
for a very, very long time.
And then what
about this bloke? 15.
Lane 5.
Someone wake him up.
He's gotta swim the final.
Ian Thorpe of Australia.
Youngest Australian
male international
since John Konrads.
What a big moment for him.
And away.
Check both the Australians. Hackett,
a good start.
Likewise, Thorpe,
splitting the pair.
So the two Australians immediately
take it out in front.
Grant Hackett,
the young Australian,
is out by a couple
of body lengths.
And Thorpe has moved
to second place.
Australia, one and two.
Thorpe is moving through
beautifully.
He's timed his run to perfection.
It's Thorpe coming over the top.
Hackett is trying to hang on.
Great for Australia!
Two gold caps fighting it out!
Thorpe! Thorpe!
Thorpe may be in front.
Thorpe, Hackett.
Thorpe and Hackett, they go in.
They hit it! Thorpe won it!
Thorpe!
World champion at 15!
Oh, that's unbelievable!
I was probably 13
when I actually started racing
in the open competition.
By the time I was 14,
I was on the national team,
and then I think it was
probably when I was 15, when...
Yeah, it was only when
that I actually went,
'Oh, I'm really good at this.'
That was the best tactical race
I have ever seen.
I don't know about that.
I just wasn't too sure
how I was gonna do it,
but, you know,
it paid off this time.
Yeah, it has been great having
my sister, who's also a swimmer,
and my dad, who was a cricketer, in
the family,
and, um, they've gotten behind me
with my swimming.
In 1997, I think I missed
108 of 200 days of school.
So I finished Year 10
by correspondence,
and I sat exams on planes
and things like that
just to finish it,
and then left school.
You know, I was in
I wasn't in that, you know,
grow up with your mates
and go to parties and things.
You know, some of my friends,
to me, seemed old,
'cause they were
in their mid-to late-20s
and I knew them from the team.
Just continually having a camera
shoved in your face, really.
Um, you have to learn
how to speak, I think,
great for me in the future.
- Is he gonna do it?
- 3:
43:80?Thorpe comes in! Thorpe comes in!
It's pretty cool
that no-one swam faster than that
in history.
Let's look back at our history
as a species,
and, yeah,
you were faster than everyone,
so if the lions were chasing you,
you could beat everyone
and they'd eat someone else.
The Thorpedo.
The 16-year-old from Milperra
is at the 15-metre rope.
He's looking at another
world record.
World record, Sunday.
World record, Monday.
Will it be a world record
on Tuesday?
He comes down to touch.
Yes! Oh, yes! He's done it!
He has done it again!
I know I cried, his sister cried,
and I think Ken inwardly cried.
When I was younger,
you know, my goal was
to become an Olympian
and my dream was to win
Olympic gold.
So when I made the Olympic team, it
was frightening
because I've never swum
at the Olympics,
I feel like I'm just a kid...
- Take your marks.
- Set...
And Thorpe is away.
A new Olympic record
this morning.
Ian Thorpe
got a magnificent start.
Yes, the traditional
butterfly kick off the wall.
You can see it
under the water there.
And he's well ahead
He is looking sensational.
A kickstart for Australia.
Size 18 feet.
And look at that world record.
He's got it beaten.
Thorpe is coming in gold
and a world record.
Ian Thorpe!
I wish I enjoyed it more
when I won my first gold,
but I was actually
thinking of my next race.
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