http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/03/swimming-world-thorpe-idUSL4E7M319X20111103
Ian Thorpe’s bold attempt to take part in the 2012 London Games after a five-year retirement is more likely to end in failure than a fairytale gold, the Australian swimmer said on Thursday.
Australia’s most successful Olympian will return to the pool for the first time since 2006 to race in the 100 metre individual medley on Friday at the two-day Singapore leg of the World Cup ahead of the Australian Olympic trials in March.