Swimmer Thorpe claims he can perform faster than before
March 30th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANICanberra, Mar.30 (ANI): Australia’s Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe believes that after six months back in training he can become better and faster swimmer than he used to be.
The five-time Olympic gold medallist is targeting a spot on Australia’s team for next year’s London Games after retiring from the sport in 2006.
“My overall goal in what I’m doing now is to be better than what I used to be, that’s it,” The Fox Sports quoted Thorpe, as saying.
“When I started swimming again I wasn’t going to continue unless I thought I could be better. And after a few months I’m confident that I can be better and faster than I used to be able to swim,” he added.
Thorpe won Olympic gold in the 200 meter and 400 meter freestyle and won a world title at 800 meter.
But he has his focus firmly set on the 100 meter and 200 meter individual and relay freestyle events in his comeback.
“I actually think that I am better suited to those events”, “Also, in the time frame that I have, it would have been almost impossible to do the training for the 400 in the lead up to the Games,” said Thorpe.
The 28 year-old announced his comeback last month after returning to training in September. Presently, Thorpe is training under revered coach Gennadi Touretski in Germany. (ANI)
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