2000 | Ian Thorpe | World Record | 1.45.51 | 200m Freestyle | 17 Years Old | Olympic Trials

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Uploaded by on May 14, 2009

17 year old swim sensation Ian Thorpe betters his own world record in the 200m Freestyle to qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics | Thorpe beats out an all star lineup of Michael Klim, Grant Hackett, Bill Kirby, Daniel Kowalski, Todd Pearson and Kieren Perkins | Thorpe went on to win silver in this event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and Gold at the 2004 Athens games | The top 6 qualifiers from this race, went on to take gold in the 4x200 Freestyle relay at the Sydney 2000 Olympics | This footage has been taken from a Channel 9 Australia broadcast | If this is a breach of copyright please advise and it will be removed

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  • ...or is a man maybe he's a superfish.

  • thorpe doesn't look 17 he looks mid 20's

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  • @JVanDerZant you don't have to swim the front crawl in individual medley

    you just can't swim the last 25/50/100m fly, back or breast any other stroke is allowed

  • swimming starts at 3:30

  • .......in wetsuit

  • I'm 17 now...almost 18. And thorpe looks SO old compared to me and i'm not no means young looking at 6'1 170...he defintely looks mid 20's. But it's not just him, other great swimmers my age now look incredibly developed and old for their age.

  • Thorpe is so calm cool collected and zero ego..he's da best!

  • Where does thorpemget his goggles like the blue swedes that u can get aren't as dark as the ones thorpie wears

  • I cannot believe he was 17. He didn't look it at all.

  • Its a weird moment when Klim and Thorpe are looking right in their eyes at 8:17

  • he doesn't even seem that excited to win, lol! 

  • This may as well be an Olympic final considering the talent involved.

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