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'Toxic' culture fuelled Aussie swimming flop

Slack management allowed a "culturally toxic" environment to develop in Australia's swimming team at the London Olympics with abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs as well as flouting of curfews......

Olys: Thorpe fails to qualify in 200m freestyle event

Ian Thorpe's failed bid to qualify for the Olympic 200 metres freestyle showed the swimmer had not allowed sufficient time to prepare, Australia's head coach Leigh Nugent said on Saturday. Thorpe,......

Thorpe advances to 200m freestyle semi-finals

Five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe kept his London ambitions firing when he reached the semi-finals of the 200 metres freestyle at the Australian trials on Friday with a solid swim that......

Under-pressure Thorpe defends the cost of his comeback

Already under enormous pressure to break into Australia's Olympic swimming team as the headline act of this week's national trials, Ian Thorpe was forced to wade into controversy on Wednesday over......

Thorpe's goggles fell off, says coach

Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe's latest setback in his bid to swim at this year's London Games was not as terrible as it first appeared, his coach said on Friday. Australian head coach......

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