Thorpe vs Van den Hoogenband

[evyanny]

....and he is coming back 2012 London get ready

[tonibfan]

ian thorpe is by far the greatest swimmer ever,nobody can be as impressive as thorpe in water

[MonkGodKk]

No, Phelps is a better overall swimmer than both of them.

[bitelchius0691]

Thorpe number one crowl all times

[manhun7]

Alexander Popov in his prime + jaked suit = God. Nuff said!

[OwnageChicken]

irish commentator ftw.

[furgus34mayonnaise]

thorpe shits on every1 else

[platozzz]

this was the only race Thorpe won from Van den Hoogenband. Van den Hoogenband won 100m freestyle in 2 olympics. He's the King on the King's distance. Thorpe was never even close.

[animefreak149]

thorpe swims so easily

[jared9691]

lol that means if thorpe was still in the olympics he would kick phelps ass

[tansuturdag]

How would he do that? Didn't Phelps just break the world record?

[gnarkillkicksass]

Thorpe retired before Beijing, he had surgery gone wrong and has been battling infections for the past year so there's no way he could be at 100% for it.

[JuveStriker]

phelps himself declared thorpe was the greatest freestyler he had ever seen.

Thorpe at his best in the 400m, is untouchable. The greatest this world has ever seen by a long long way.

[343596]

Imagine Thorpe in a LZR. Holy smokes that record would at least stand for 10 years more. I guess it would be 3.38 or something like that.

[tonibfan]

@jared9691 oh yes no doubt about it

[stolkom31]

ian thorpe es el mas guapo que el holandes.

[seismicevent]

What a great champion Thorpe was. It's such a pity that he won't be there in China this summer to defend his titles. Without question one of the greatest swimmers in history. Ian - we miss you!

[bunyip2005]

Wow i haven't heard anything about that Hoogenband since now, and you go on like he's a legend of the sport...

[skyrad10]

that's cause you're stupid...

he had been really injured, but he will be there on the olympics in Bejing.

[premiumtap]

Thorpe will go down in history as a disgraceful cheat, van den Hoogenband wil be reminded as a true sportsman, a great champ and as one of the greatest of all time.

[premiumtap]

Trulyloyale

"VdH is a nice guy and a great champ, thorpe is only a dopped cheating cunt who robbed and stole all his medals just like his fucked australian mates !!!

The australians can do only one thing : to cheat & rob their shitty medals by their dopped pussy pricks and being so double-faced !!

Typical australian, retarded cheaters they're the shame of world sport !!"

QFT

[horatio422006]

Inga deBruins human growth hormone jaw line leaves no doubt she's a cheat. And being a team mate of VdH well so no more. But rumour mongering from some frog with is no proof thorpe is a cheat. In 1976 when Aust won no gold at Montreal the AIS was set up. Thorpe is a product of that investment. Nothing more. And can you hide your man crush on VdH? It's embarrassing.

[tweetylies]

No, she has stopped swimming now, and she still has the same face. She was clean. And underwent many, many tests because she was doing so well, believe me.

[Ph03nixFromTheFlames]

Trulyloyale you should calm down and thing of what you're sayin. you dont really know who is doping and who's now. even if you use doping you need a certain amount of potential and talent to achieve that much. in my opinion thorpe, phelps and hoogenband are all exceptional great athlets.

besides that i believe its simply the american (and probably australian) school system which supports sports so much more than the european, thus finding more talented athlets.

[anatolyy]

nadador151, the reason the hand waiting for a second before starting the catch it for the 'glide'. Swimming like a windmill is ineffective. Most visible in good mid-distance swimmers - slow arm turnover, but surprising quick lap times.

[Trulyloyale]

VdH is a nice guy and a great champ, thorpe is only a dopped cheating cunt who robbed and stole all his medals just like his fucked australian mates !!!

The australians can do only one thing : to cheat & rob their shitty medals by their dopped pussy pricks and being so double-faced !!

Typical australian, retarded cheaters they're the shame of world sport !!

[cliff86r]

nah its just that europe suck, aus, usa own

[Trulyloyale]

I know true facts hurt you aussies, but that's holy truth : you made everything to cover up the big doping scandal inside australian olympic team growing up.

Who are the 2 countries who got the most relevant doping scandals and whose authorities tried to cover their long temr cheats & corruption ?

Australia & USA.

Those 2 countries without doping & cheating would suck and Europe would totally owned them.

Australia dopped his pricks in every olympic sport they joined. Sorry x you it's true

[dumborules]

erm... when you look back in time the majority of sporting drug cheats have come from europe, especially germany and russia (not now days though)

[fluidsonly]

Why are there no black people swimming? Although there are historical/race/ecomonic issues, a key reason is physiological. Negroes are more muscular and with that comes a higher bone density to support the muscle load. Basically, this makes them heavier in the water than isn't sufficiently compensated by the muscle power. What gives them an advantage in 100m track serves as a disadvantage in swimming.

[eightbelow25]

cuz the other hand is pushing against the water but if both hands go at the same time then it takes longer time to start to push agan

[nadador1515]

How come when their hands touch the water, they stop for about a second and then =pull back?What do they do there?

[eightbelow25]

i saw ian thorpe taday and he signed my t-shirt he's the best swimmer!!! i also saw michael phelps last year and he's good too!!!!

[XxXfelipecunhaXxX]

lol?

i also saw michael phelps last year and he's good too!!!!

he's good too?

uashuashs

idiot

[UNo0b]

thorpe never doped, it's a load of shit.

[sportsfreund92]

great vid!!

[abnamrol]

why there's no black people swimming???

[swedishpoi]

does is fucking matter? No black people qualified. Don't drag racial issues into this

[Trulyloyale]

Lerlialen , hurted by the truth ??

I called rumors true witnesses' declarations

comin out from your country, Australia.

So you all aussie shut your fucked mouth and try to be ashamed of all the dopped olympic medals you stole on Athens2004, fucking cheaters !!!!

Ps I can't be jealous of a country like australia who can compete only in 2 sports ,swimmin & rugby, and also by dopping their prick athletes !!

[sportsfreund92]

hey calm down a bit!!

you must be crazy!!

[Trulyloyale]

Thorpe = dopped cheater

Australia = a team made of dopped pricks who robbed all their dopped olympic medals.

Fuck*** bastard aussies, cheating cunts.

Just cover up all the scandal over all your cheating dopped olympic team, fair & intelligent people know the truth and who you are !!

Australians cheaters , shameless hypocrite liars.

[rastapopolous420]

cry me a river, dickbrains

[retinalprosthesis]

You must be from England or some other crap sporting country.

Thorpe consistently broke records from the age of 10.

He has size 17 feet you fool.... he never needed drugs.... Drug cheats generally come from ranking 100 to win gold medals. Thorpe has been ranked No.1 in the world practically since birth.

This is hard for me to say as I am not an Aussie but he was the greatest swimmer I've ever seen.

Keep smiling... negativity will only bring you bad karma

[Trulyloyale]

retinalprosthesis thnx God I'm not from England, I'm from a sporting country not so crap like UK , even though my mates didn't win all the huge amount of medals that US won

till now (in the all time Olympic medals' overall classification they're 3rd behind

US & USSR).

I know that Thorpe started on winning at top

level since he was 15, but I'm talking about the

consistent rumors coming out from same Australia (not from my country or US) >>

[Trulyloyale]

consistent rumors which report #1 Thorpe forced to retirement after been caught positive in doping analysis on last Melbourne World Championship

#2 at least a couple of witnesses (australian olympic athlet.) who have charged him for givin (during and after 2004 Olympics ) them some "sure" doping doses & products that might be found by no anal. laboratory till march 2007 .

[Trulyloyale]

Australian minister of sports called the ones

who are informed to speak out what they know, but you know the interests involved are enormous and it's like calling for a thief to give back what he stole years ago !!

It looks like many other liars never needed doping and they got dopped up to their hairs .

I understand you're from homecountry of EPOns Armstrong,Landis,Florence Griffith,Marion Jones,Balco scandal,US olympic team heavily involved in doping use,

[Trulyloyale]

but you should get informed before posting your senseless & bizarre statements.

Saying that Thorpe needed no doping help and then hearing from some of his australian mates that he got dopped makes your one-way & contradict. statements so pathetic & ridiculous.

Sorry if you're gonna feel hurted in someway. but I'm just telling you the truth.

Ian Thorpe & all Australian olympic teams who won so many medals in Athens were a bunch of dopped cheaters & shameless robbers .

[Trulyloyale]

retinalprosthesis instead of justifying olympic medals' robbers (no matter they're from Australia or US ) , why don't you stop to write so uncorrect & bizarre statements and worry instead about YOUR bad karma that makes you defend dopped cheaters ?

[Lerlialen]

You are spreading such lies that it isn't funny. First off, it was a 'FRENCH' newspaper who first made the claims, and Thorpe's swimming colleagues came out and defended him. Also, Thorpe was the most tested athlete in his sport, both at home and internationally, because people can't believe a freak of nature. Envious always kills the cat. How about getting the story write before YOU make such idiotic statements.

[Lerlialen]

Consistent rumours?? LMFAOOO...That's what you base your argument on? Well, I can fly by flapping my arms then...that's a consistent rumour I will start about myself then in due time everyone will believe me. Your source are rumours??? LMAOOO too funny!

And what australian athletes witnesses were charged? Your just a jealous moron who doesn't know shit about anything. There weren't any witnesses because he never did take drugs. Get that through your numb brain.

[Lerlialen]

Which olympic athletes were charged? You are lying through your teeth mate, because Thorpe was, and never is, a drug abuser. But of course, your going to disagree because you obviously don't like Australian sports achievements! So which australian athlete's were charged again? BTW, your the idiot who should get informed before spreading such bullshit!

[zactflat]

Thorpe retired a long time before Melbourne.

[Lerlialen]

Trulyloyale=a moron who is jealous of Australia's sporting achievements.

Trulyloyal= envious of Australian's sporting achievements.

Truly loyal= a lying prick who bases his arguments on 'rumours' with no shred of evidence to his claims!

AUSSIE PRIDE!My gran is Italian but I'm embarrassed to be of Italian heritage because of idiots like you.

[pucksel]

where is the sydney 200 m final?????

nobody post it cause thorpe got his ass kicked by vdH??

[jenjen789]

I am also looking for the Sydney 200m final. Where is it?

[dtartara]

Ian Thorpe has an AMAZING stroke. I also like Grant Hackett and Popov very much. On the other hand Phelps has a very unimpressive style with his asynchronous stroke.. still very powerfull and effective. To me, Thorpe is one of a kind, Phelps is any average Joe swimmer on steroids.

[Sandushka4]

go ian thorpe

you are the best!!

[clare707]

Can anyone help me?? Looking for video footage of ian thorpe for my p.e. a level, observation and analysis section!! Can't copy any off you tube and can't find any anywhere else..please send me an email if you can help!!!

[Timmyb3129]

if thorpe really juiced = what a piece of dogshit

[DonBrian]

a friend of mine lent me a cd full of swimming videos =)

[Keebluejeen]

Awesome! Where did you find it?

[hege830]

I love Thorpe !

[selin8912]

the best torpedo!

[jen4dougie4eva]

go thorpe!

but why doesnt anyone post the equestrian olympics up?

[olympicluver156]

yeah Thorpey!

[mudchair16]

remember 2000

[manny4life]

greatest middle distance freestyler in history = ian thorpe

[nathanbanks]

Aussies, to good again!!!

[laijiasheng17]

nice,torpedo