watching the interview i think the difference between ian and phelps is that ian at that point was half out of swimming and into retiring already while phelps still had 100% drive to dominate.
How is Phelps "lucky" that Thorpe retired when he's beating all the records. He's set a new record in each even he's competed in so far. You are making the naive assumption that Thorpe would have been the one to set these new records. There's no reason to think that except bias.
LOL Only in little American brains like yours, kiddo. I'm not even Australian; you can ask anybody anywhere. People all over the world know Thorpe is the best swimmer. He won their "Race of the Century", with Phelps only in third, and that says all. I'm sure Phelps thanks God everyday that Thorpe retired two years ago at 23yo. LOL In fact, Thorpe isn't even swimming anymore, and the press all over the world can't.stop.talking about him. LOL
No he was the best swimmer but no not anymore... phelps is... don't deny it you know it's true.The 8 olympic gold medals quest has been accomplished by Phelps, thorpe can't even compare. And the reason thorpe beat phelps in athens is because Phelps was still a teenager then. So yes thorpe is getting erased by phelps.
And Ian Thorpe sounds very mature. You can tell that he's a guy who really his sport, even knows when to quit. He's done practically everything he said he would in this video.
shanec24 maybe you're hurted by the truth, just like all your australian mates (minister of sport comprehensive .....), are you ? And what I wrote is what started on coming out from YOUR country, Australia, before it was suddenly covered up, and you know better than me that it was all covered up. That's why I tell you : the australians may give no lessons of morality to anybody in the world, though their arrogant attitude is the opposite as we all can see on here.
u are full of shit, your the ignorant idiot who is talking out of his arse. A french newspaper(wildly renowned for their false allegations against sportsmen) were the ones who made the ridiculous claims. The fina world body had no choice but to investigate. The swimming body in australia also decided to make an internal investigation. To label all australians as liars and cheats shows your an ignorant fool.
Your the one who is trying to give lessons of morality. Your such a hypocrite, calling Aussies arrogant when you are oblivious to the facts of your claims. You need to look at the person in the mirror before trying to council anybody else. Every Australian can see by your stupid posts that your an ignorant fool who knows nothing about our sports. We can't help it if we provide world class elite athletes, its a fact, Australia per capita are the best sportspeople in the world.
Ain't that the truth shanec24, he really does look stupid!!! Thinks he knows things about our sportsmen better than our officials when he lives on the other side of the world!! hahaha what a joke!
Yeah thats right, u have nothing to say because all your stupid claims about our sportspeople have no basis. The right way? Calling all Australians drug cheats and liars is the right way? You are one deluded idiot! Next time, say something WITH PROOF, not make stupid claims because your country sportspeople will NEVER overtake our sportspeoples achievements. AUSSIE PRIDE!
I can only confirm what in my right comments, even though the truth seems to hurt so much you australians : your olympic national team robbed by their dopped athletes all their dirty medals,some charges starting on comin out from your own country before they got covered up,Ian Thorpe retired at the time there were consistent rumors about him caught positive on last WC in Maelbourne.
The Australians started on winning gold medals ebven in sports they never won before, like track cycling, and that was predicted by the French months before the Olympics as they called for some new countries increasing their dopping practices (they were talking about Australia).
I'm sorry for your illusions & your self confidence in Australians being perfect people, but (just talking of sports )you Aussies showed to be dopped cheaters,shameless hypocrites & sore loosers, so you may not give any lesson of morality to anybody in the world.
No wonder for your one-way nationalistic and pathetic replies : the australians are descendants of English jailed criminals ...
Your the bullshit artist on here. Australians were descendants of jailed criminals? So what? What has the forefathers who built this country have anything to do with drug cheats in sport? What justifies that argument? It has nothing to do with it and yet you use it because you have no other means of gaining any advantage...
Can you read idiot? I never said Australians were perfect people, your the hypocrite who is suggesting that. How about discussing your own drug cheats? Your football players who used drugs, your cyclists and your own swimmers...yet you have nothing to say about them now do you? HYPOCRITE! Your country have the toughest laws in terms of drug cheats, but your football players are one of the top users in the sport!!
The ASADA are renowned for their tough testing, and I have no respect for those Australian cyclists who were tested positive. People like French have no place in our national team let alone in our colours.
You attack our Athletes, ( and I don't condone anyone in the national Australian teams who use drugs, they ALL should be dealt with to the full extent of the law) and yet your athletes are not all that perfect themselves. What do you say of them? I'm not on here calling all Italians sportspeople drug cheats and liars and sore losers because of one village idiot who doesn't follow the rules. And yet you do that to our athletes. The only sore loser on here is YOU the village idiot.
They are exactly that idiot. RUMOURS. You base your evidence on rumours?? Everyone here knew Ian Thorpe didn't compete in ANY event after Athens Olympics because he had achieved everything he wanted in his sport, he didn't wanna take part in the commonwealth trials because he knew he didn't train enough for it. And he didn't test positive in anything, and time will tell when the findings will be revealed, then you can eat your own bullshit that your saying about a true champion.
So tell me trulyloyale, why don't you discuss the drug cheats that come from your country. You talk like Australia are the only team to ever be found positive in drug testing. Why do u hate our country that much when are worse countries, ie America, England, France, even Italy who have more drug cheats in their chosen sports than any other??? Discuss that idiot and maybe you'll see what a HYPOCRITE your comments are.
And learn how to speak proper English so people can understand what the hell u trying to say. I am not trying to give lessons of morality idiot, you really are pretty stupid aren't you? Well, if you believe Australians is the only country to be tested positive in thier chosen sport,Then your the dumbest living thing to ever breathe air on this planet. GET A CLUE BEFORE YOU ASSUME THINGS IDIOT!
I'm not racist, but as far as I know the australians I must say that big majority of them are stupid,ignorant,one-way minded up,childish and nationalistic.
Obviously the investigations & charges against dopped australian medalists on past 2004 Olympics were all covered up, but the ones who know sports also know ian thorpe,grant hackett and all the australian medals are nothing but fuck*** cheaters & dirty liars.
we know your only jealous of our successes in sport. Who's the cheater? Lets see, football world cup, would've been a penalty shoot out if it wasn't for your 'fake' dive that even the ref admitted he got wrong afterwards. So where's your proof of all your claims? You got none because Ian Thorpe is the most tested athlete in swimming and he has always protested for a more strict drug testing procedure in swimming. Jealousy goes hand in hand with envy. That's what u got mate.
Lerlialen , not my fault if you're the typical stupid australian who pretends to talk about a sport of which he does not even know the basic rules (just like 99,99% of your landmates).....!!
Only a complete ignorant of football may call that a dive, only a complete ignorant of football who pretends to make ridiculous,laguhable & reatrd comments .
BY FOOTBALL RULES that one was penalty.
Just learn them, before posting your bizarre comment.
Ps : and the spanish referee who, by football laws, rightly gave that penalty "forgot" to admit that he shamefully & unbelievably got the wrong decision on 1st half, when he gifted a crapping & ridiculous
team like australia giving an absurd,bizarre
and absolutely wrong red card against Italy, who played all 2nd half with one less .
Obviously all that is just the opposite
in the australians' "impartial" opinions (SARCASM).
I ain't pretending to know anything idiot. And if we are so stupid, why is our scientists and surgeons rated the best in the world? Italy sits way below that...your right, I don't know anything about soccer because its a pussy sport compared to rugby league. And I don't claim to call other people drug cheats without proof. So I ask again, where's your proof idiot? Jealousy is a curse.
Lerlialen if you and your childish & pathetic australian landmates don't know something, first know it.
If you don't football and its rules, know them before making so ridiculous impressions .
Keep on lieing to yourselves and hidding your head on the sand, no matter true facts speak : australia cheated & robbed all their dirty medals at Athens04 and the australians are not better than US dopped cheaters caught with their hands in the marmalade !
and u act like your country are so drug free. your cyclists...hint hint dario frigo wasnt very clean in this area was he...so before u make ridiculous assumptions about our sportsmen, try fixing your own backyard first. Your the childish idiot who base arguments on ridiculous newspaper claims. Like I said idiot, where's your proof of all these drug cheats? You got none because its all bullshit made up from envious people like you.
"perhaps the most gifted swimmer of all time"????
WHEN WAS THIS INTERVIEW DONE? I can understand if it was before 2004.
beegell 3 months ago
@beegell If he's 23 then, its 2005. Well, that's ok. BUT STILL, Phelps already got 6 gold medals in a single olympics in Athens.
beegell 3 months ago
1:34 - What's going on with Thorpe's back?
verticalsmurf 1 year ago
LOL. that guy is one hell of a nerd.
spider669 2 years ago
he is amazing!
liafort 3 years ago 5
hahaha
daan7344 3 years ago
how come the british always come across as nerds?
And not even hot nerds?
ChairRox93 3 years ago
u should c me
hey look at my profile Jf
L0LZROFL 3 years ago
Please, what's the name of the interviewer?
pacophony 3 years ago
not really, only if your into swimming hes known other than that if you mention him to anyone outside australia they have no idea who he is
vsmitty90 3 years ago
I'm from Canada and I've known who he is for eons !
dishwithtrish 2 years ago
watching the interview i think the difference between ian and phelps is that ian at that point was half out of swimming and into retiring already while phelps still had 100% drive to dominate.
kungpaui 3 years ago 2
beijing my ass. PHELPS BITCH
jasodav 3 years ago 2
NAH. no way phelps is more humble, in reply to wiis comment. look at him react in beijing. thorpe is much more humbple
Engeldwh 3 years ago
How is Phelps "lucky" that Thorpe retired when he's beating all the records. He's set a new record in each even he's competed in so far. You are making the naive assumption that Thorpe would have been the one to set these new records. There's no reason to think that except bias.
Kami84 3 years ago 3
Thorpe would have beat him in the 200m - hands down.
jlee019 3 years ago 4
If you know anything about swimming thorpe wasnt at 100% at athens and almost beat his record.
DSchiebs 3 years ago
Ian Thorpe is an amazing figure'
I wish him the best wishes with everything he will do,
He's such a winner and inspiring person.
I love you Ian!!
mejikal 3 years ago 9
he seems like a really cool guy
xoxgoodies 3 years ago
He Inspired Me to Swim
TravelingColeberrys 3 years ago
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Ian thorpe is getting erased by Phelps...
Jirafon19 3 years ago
Never.
mejikal 3 years ago
LOL Only in little American brains like yours, kiddo. I'm not even Australian; you can ask anybody anywhere. People all over the world know Thorpe is the best swimmer. He won their "Race of the Century", with Phelps only in third, and that says all. I'm sure Phelps thanks God everyday that Thorpe retired two years ago at 23yo. LOL In fact, Thorpe isn't even swimming anymore, and the press all over the world can't.stop.talking about him. LOL
luctec70 3 years ago 5
No he was the best swimmer but no not anymore... phelps is... don't deny it you know it's true.The 8 olympic gold medals quest has been accomplished by Phelps, thorpe can't even compare. And the reason thorpe beat phelps in athens is because Phelps was still a teenager then. So yes thorpe is getting erased by phelps.
aw4au12 3 years ago
phelps is more humble though
winkiiV 3 years ago
Thorpe who??? I respect him for how good he is at swimming, but Phelps is better.
mikeyman56565 3 years ago
Ian is just a genuine guy who is dedicated to his craft.
Could the Australian public please give him some credit!!!
he totally deserves it!
give Mr Thorpe a chance!
thanks cyber buddies =]
peace H&M
maslojestsmaczne 3 years ago
Does that give the Brits some kind of excuse for not vbeing able to swim does it?
Saying that Australia is full of beach blah blah blah
Steven2690 3 years ago
aren't they both islands... surrounded by beach???
gregona123 3 years ago
ian thorpe really is the best athlete of all time, yeah he was an amazing swimmer but also he sounded very mature and thoughtful.
MONster2054 4 years ago 4
Richard Quest is so funny!
And Ian Thorpe sounds very mature. You can tell that he's a guy who really his sport, even knows when to quit. He's done practically everything he said he would in this video.
andumanat 4 years ago 11
I´m German and I UNDERSTAND him so
shut up over there!
JoBaa2007 4 years ago
shanec24 maybe you're hurted by the truth, just like all your australian mates (minister of sport comprehensive .....), are you ? And what I wrote is what started on coming out from YOUR country, Australia, before it was suddenly covered up, and you know better than me that it was all covered up. That's why I tell you : the australians may give no lessons of morality to anybody in the world, though their arrogant attitude is the opposite as we all can see on here.
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
u are full of shit, your the ignorant idiot who is talking out of his arse. A french newspaper(wildly renowned for their false allegations against sportsmen) were the ones who made the ridiculous claims. The fina world body had no choice but to investigate. The swimming body in australia also decided to make an internal investigation. To label all australians as liars and cheats shows your an ignorant fool.
Lerlialen 4 years ago
Your the one who is trying to give lessons of morality. Your such a hypocrite, calling Aussies arrogant when you are oblivious to the facts of your claims. You need to look at the person in the mirror before trying to council anybody else. Every Australian can see by your stupid posts that your an ignorant fool who knows nothing about our sports. We can't help it if we provide world class elite athletes, its a fact, Australia per capita are the best sportspeople in the world.
Lerlialen 4 years ago
trulyloyale there is not much fact in what you wrote you come across as pretty stupid... trulystupid?
shanec24 4 years ago
Ain't that the truth shanec24, he really does look stupid!!! Thinks he knows things about our sportsmen better than our officials when he lives on the other side of the world!! hahaha what a joke!
Lerlialen 4 years ago
Lerlialen I've got nothing more to say ,I've already replied to you in the right way.
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
Yeah thats right, u have nothing to say because all your stupid claims about our sportspeople have no basis. The right way? Calling all Australians drug cheats and liars is the right way? You are one deluded idiot! Next time, say something WITH PROOF, not make stupid claims because your country sportspeople will NEVER overtake our sportspeoples achievements. AUSSIE PRIDE!
Lerlialen 4 years ago
Ok childish Lerlialen , whatever u want ......
I can only confirm what in my right comments, even though the truth seems to hurt so much you australians : your olympic national team robbed by their dopped athletes all their dirty medals,some charges starting on comin out from your own country before they got covered up,Ian Thorpe retired at the time there were consistent rumors about him caught positive on last WC in Maelbourne.
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
Melbourne correction there.
The Australians started on winning gold medals ebven in sports they never won before, like track cycling, and that was predicted by the French months before the Olympics as they called for some new countries increasing their dopping practices (they were talking about Australia).
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
I'm sorry for your illusions & your self confidence in Australians being perfect people, but (just talking of sports )you Aussies showed to be dopped cheaters,shameless hypocrites & sore loosers, so you may not give any lesson of morality to anybody in the world.
No wonder for your one-way nationalistic and pathetic replies : the australians are descendants of English jailed criminals ...
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
Keep on posting your rubbish & related bs, I won't waste my time anymore replying to an idiot like you .
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
Your the bullshit artist on here. Australians were descendants of jailed criminals? So what? What has the forefathers who built this country have anything to do with drug cheats in sport? What justifies that argument? It has nothing to do with it and yet you use it because you have no other means of gaining any advantage...
Lerlialen 4 years ago
The only one posting rubbish and bullshit is you idiot. Bloody hypocrite! Yeah Italy have no drug cheats!! hahaha
Lerlialen 4 years ago
Can you read idiot? I never said Australians were perfect people, your the hypocrite who is suggesting that. How about discussing your own drug cheats? Your football players who used drugs, your cyclists and your own swimmers...yet you have nothing to say about them now do you? HYPOCRITE! Your country have the toughest laws in terms of drug cheats, but your football players are one of the top users in the sport!!
Lerlialen 4 years ago
The ASADA are renowned for their tough testing, and I have no respect for those Australian cyclists who were tested positive. People like French have no place in our national team let alone in our colours.
Lerlialen 4 years ago
You attack our Athletes, ( and I don't condone anyone in the national Australian teams who use drugs, they ALL should be dealt with to the full extent of the law) and yet your athletes are not all that perfect themselves. What do you say of them? I'm not on here calling all Italians sportspeople drug cheats and liars and sore losers because of one village idiot who doesn't follow the rules. And yet you do that to our athletes. The only sore loser on here is YOU the village idiot.
Lerlialen 4 years ago
They are exactly that idiot. RUMOURS. You base your evidence on rumours?? Everyone here knew Ian Thorpe didn't compete in ANY event after Athens Olympics because he had achieved everything he wanted in his sport, he didn't wanna take part in the commonwealth trials because he knew he didn't train enough for it. And he didn't test positive in anything, and time will tell when the findings will be revealed, then you can eat your own bullshit that your saying about a true champion.
Lerlialen 4 years ago
So tell me trulyloyale, why don't you discuss the drug cheats that come from your country. You talk like Australia are the only team to ever be found positive in drug testing. Why do u hate our country that much when are worse countries, ie America, England, France, even Italy who have more drug cheats in their chosen sports than any other??? Discuss that idiot and maybe you'll see what a HYPOCRITE your comments are.
Lerlialen 4 years ago
And learn how to speak proper English so people can understand what the hell u trying to say. I am not trying to give lessons of morality idiot, you really are pretty stupid aren't you? Well, if you believe Australians is the only country to be tested positive in thier chosen sport,Then your the dumbest living thing to ever breathe air on this planet. GET A CLUE BEFORE YOU ASSUME THINGS IDIOT!
Lerlialen 4 years ago
interwiewing a dopped cheater like ian thorpe.
I'm not racist, but as far as I know the australians I must say that big majority of them are stupid,ignorant,one-way minded up,childish and nationalistic.
Obviously the investigations & charges against dopped australian medalists on past 2004 Olympics were all covered up, but the ones who know sports also know ian thorpe,grant hackett and all the australian medals are nothing but fuck*** cheaters & dirty liars.
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
we know your only jealous of our successes in sport. Who's the cheater? Lets see, football world cup, would've been a penalty shoot out if it wasn't for your 'fake' dive that even the ref admitted he got wrong afterwards. So where's your proof of all your claims? You got none because Ian Thorpe is the most tested athlete in swimming and he has always protested for a more strict drug testing procedure in swimming. Jealousy goes hand in hand with envy. That's what u got mate.
Lerlialen 4 years ago
Lerlialen , not my fault if you're the typical stupid australian who pretends to talk about a sport of which he does not even know the basic rules (just like 99,99% of your landmates).....!!
Only a complete ignorant of football may call that a dive, only a complete ignorant of football who pretends to make ridiculous,laguhable & reatrd comments .
BY FOOTBALL RULES that one was penalty.
Just learn them, before posting your bizarre comment.
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
Typical australian cheaters : one-way shameless hypocrites & liars !
What else can you expect from descendants of english jailbirds & criminals who 3 centuries ago stole and robbed aborigen people's land ??
Typical shamefull australian cheaters !
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
Ps : and the spanish referee who, by football laws, rightly gave that penalty "forgot" to admit that he shamefully & unbelievably got the wrong decision on 1st half, when he gifted a crapping & ridiculous
team like australia giving an absurd,bizarre
and absolutely wrong red card against Italy, who played all 2nd half with one less .
Obviously all that is just the opposite
in the australians' "impartial" opinions (SARCASM).
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
I ain't pretending to know anything idiot. And if we are so stupid, why is our scientists and surgeons rated the best in the world? Italy sits way below that...your right, I don't know anything about soccer because its a pussy sport compared to rugby league. And I don't claim to call other people drug cheats without proof. So I ask again, where's your proof idiot? Jealousy is a curse.
Lerlialen 4 years ago
Lerlialen if you and your childish & pathetic australian landmates don't know something, first know it.
If you don't football and its rules, know them before making so ridiculous impressions .
Keep on lieing to yourselves and hidding your head on the sand, no matter true facts speak : australia cheated & robbed all their dirty medals at Athens04 and the australians are not better than US dopped cheaters caught with their hands in the marmalade !
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
That's what YOU got, moron.
Ian Thorpe = dopped cheater, dirty liar & robber of medals.
the australians are nothing but a bunch of dopped cunts & dirty shamelees hypocrites & liars.
Trulyloyale 4 years ago
and u act like your country are so drug free. your cyclists...hint hint dario frigo wasnt very clean in this area was he...so before u make ridiculous assumptions about our sportsmen, try fixing your own backyard first. Your the childish idiot who base arguments on ridiculous newspaper claims. Like I said idiot, where's your proof of all these drug cheats? You got none because its all bullshit made up from envious people like you.
Lerlialen 4 years ago
hi everybody...can anybody tell me where do you find the videos? i want to download them but i cant find them... thank you all
susitieneunraton 4 years ago
He's my future husband lol jk
sydneyown 4 years ago
he's hot, he's sweet and has a nice smile, lives in a great and wonderful land and he wants to give some children a better future!
My dream lad :p
Grietievdv 4 years ago
Damn..."over the hill" by age 26?
A cruel fact of an athlete's life.
Tristan1002 4 years ago
here here sister
Milkshake1717 5 years ago
Im so with you on that!
olympicluver156 5 years ago
Women must go crazy over Thorpe. He's good looking, a champion swimmer .. AND he donates to charity.
What more can you ask for?
EricoUnitedLove 5 years ago 2
well... hes a poofter....
mcdowdle 4 years ago
True words Erico, true words!!!
felix8287 4 years ago