Torpedo Sunk?

Definitely capable at 29. Crap happens to everyone, doesn't mean we'll never see performances again

Staying on top of the world stage is hard without taking time off! I would have liked to see him in 2012.

That's too bad. I guess that picture of him with the flab at the beach in retirement was a predictor.

Read the article. He's not retiring. Thorpe plans to continue training and competing.

Agreed, he went too fast for the 1st 100 & could not hold it.

Thorpe was incredible and still is very good. He just: 1) stayed retired to long 2) started his comeback a bit too late & 3) didn't correctly split his 200, his splits look like he swam to win instead of attempting to make finals & qualify 6th or better the 200 Fr was his best shot Here's how prelims, semis & finals went: Session 3 - 10:00 AM Friday 16/03/2012 Preliminaries === Event 12 Men 200 LC Metre Freestyle 1 NAPOLEON, RYAN 21 ST PETERS 1:47.68 1:48.27B 836 r:+0.76 25.52 53.13 (27.61) 1:20.80 (27.67) 1:48.27 (27.47) 2 RICHARDSON, KYL 24 CHANDLER, QLD 1:51.08 1:48.57B 829 r:+0.70 24.98 52.52 (27.54) 1:20.67 (28.15) 1:48.57 (27.90) 3 MONK, KENRICK 24 ST PETERS 1:47.53 1:48.72B 825 r:+0.73 25.33 52.86 (27.53) 1:20.80 (27.94) 1:48.72 (27.92) 4 MCEVOY, CAMERON 17 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 1:48.05 1:48.89B 821 r:+0.61 25.07 52.48 (27.41) 1:19.97 (27.49) 1:48.89 (28.92) 5 MCKEON, DAVID 19 WESTS ILLAWARRA 1:48.92 1:49.16B 815 r:+0.77 25.46 53.32 (27.86) 1:21.19 (27.87) 1:49.16 (27.97) 5 THORPE, IAN 29 SOPAC, NSW 1:50.79 1:49.16B 815 r:+0.77 25.15 51.78 (26.63) 1:19.87 (28.09) 1:49.16 (29.29) he went out way too hard & died, just didn't have the conditioning keep his 3rd & 4th 50's close to his 2nd 7 FFROST, NICHOLA 25 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 1:48.73 1:49.18B 815 r:+0.67 26.01 53.87 (27.86) 1:21.76 (27.89) 1:49.18 (27.42) 8 FRASER-HOLMES, 20 MIAMI, QLD 1:47.19 1:49.22B 814 r:+0.67 25.48 53.42 (27.94) 1:21.82 (28.40) 1:49.22 (27.40) 9 HURLEY, ROBERT 23 SOPAC, NSW 1:49.80 1:49.23B 814 r:+0.75 25.80 53.76 (27.96) 1:22.07 (28.31) 1:49.23 (27.16) 10 MCKENDRY, NED 19 ST PETERS 1:48.76 1:49.44B 809 r:+0.72 25.57 53.06 (27.49) 1:21.10 (28.04) 1:49.44 (28.34) 11 MCMILLAN (V), A 26 NZL 1:52.26 1:49.50B 808 r:+0.66 25.75 53.50 (27.75) 1:21.38 (27.88) 1:49.50 (28.12) 12 D'ORSOGNA, TOMM 21 WEST COAST, WA 1:48.24 1:49.66B 804 r:+0.71 24.76 52.16 (27.40) 1:20.92 (28.76) 1:49.66 (28.74) 13 DIGBY, ANDREW 18 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 1:49.57 1:50.24B 792 r:+0.70 25.39 52.91 (27.52) 1:21.59 (28.68) 1:50.24 (28.65) 14 ASBURY, SHANE 22 NUNAWADING 1:50.19 1:50.35B 789 r:+0.67 25.61 53.56 (27.95) 1:21.97 (28.41) 1:50.35 (28.38) 15 KILLEY, JARROD 21 HUNTER, NSW 1:48.28 1:50.62B 783 r:+0.68 25.48 53.44 (27.96) 1:22.39 (28.95) 1:50.62 (28.23) 16 JIGONG, (V), DI 23 CHINA 1:52.50 1:50.81B 779 r:+0.71 26.37 55.10 (28.73) 1:23.90 (28.80) 1:50.81 (26.91) 16 MARKOVIC (V), D 24 SERBIA 1:49.59 1:50.81B 779 r:+0.75 25.82 53.53 (27.71) 1:22.22 (28.69) 1:50.81 (28.59) Swim-Off Required ---------------------------------------------- 18 KERSWELL, LUKE 20 SOUTHSIDE AQ 1:49.05 1:50.99B 776 r:+0.80 26.06 54.45 (28.39) 1:22.73 (28.28) 1:50.99 (28.26) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Session 4 - 6:30 PM Friday 16/03/2012 === Semi-Finals === Event 12 Men 200 LC Metre Freestyle 1 NAPOLEON, RYAN 21 ST PETERS 1:48.27 1:47.51A 853 r:+0.73 25.32 52.85 (27.53) 1:20.14 (27.29) 1:47.51 (27.37) 2 FRASER-HOLMES, 20 MIAMI, QLD 1:49.22 1:47.57A 852 r:+0.70 24.93 52.49 (27.56) 1:20.06 (27.57) 1:47.57 (27.51) 3 MONK, KENRICK 24 ST PETERS 1:48.72 1:47.92B 844 r:+0.72 25.41 52.83 (27.42) 1:20.74 (27.91) 1:47.92 (27.18) 4 D'ORSOGNA, TOMM 21 WEST COAST, WA 1:49.66 1:48.03B 841 r:+0.73 24.74 51.80 (27.06) 1:19.92 (28.12) 1:48.03 (28.11) 5 HURLEY, ROBERT 23 SOPAC, NSW 1:49.23 1:48.30B 835 r:+0.77 25.31 52.65 (27.34) 1:20.37 (27.72) 1:48.30 (27.93) 6 MCKENDRY, NED 19 ST PETERS 1:49.44 1:48.34B 834 r:+0.71 25.06 52.72 (27.66) 1:20.38 (27.66) 1:48.34 (27.96) 7 MCKEON, DAVID 19 WESTS ILLAWARRA 1:49.16 1:48.35B 834 r:+0.78 25.20 52.62 (27.42) 1:20.72 (28.10) 1:48.35 (27.63) 7 MCEVOY, CAMERON 17 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 1:48.89 1:48.35B 834 r:+0.60 24.66 52.05 (27.39) 1:19.83 (27.78) 1:48.35 (28.52) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 FFROST, NICHOLA 25 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 1:49.18 1:48.38B 833 r:+0.66 25.20 52.64 (27.44) 1:20.33 (27.69) 1:48.38 (28.05) 10 KILLEY, JARROD 21 HUNTER, NSW 1:50.62 1:48.53B 830 r:+0.70 25.36 52.99 (27.63) 1:20.84 (27.85) 1:48.53 (27.69) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 11 RICHARDSON, KYL 24 CHANDLER, QLD 1:48.57 1:48.65B 827 r:+0.68 25.03 52.66 (27.63) 1:20.52 (27.86) 1:48.65 (28.13) 12 THORPE, IAN 29 SOPAC, NSW 1:49.16 1:49.91B 799 r:+0.76 24.77 52.19 (27.42) 1:20.73 (28.54) 1:49.91 (29.18) He needed to beat 1:48.35 to 8th, but again he went out too hard & died, his 3rd & 4th 50's faded from his 2nd one. it's best to keep them closer together 13 GRAHAM, ALEXAND 16 ST KEVINS, VIC 1:51.05 1:50.33B 790 r:+0.85 24.99 53.41 (28.42) 1:22.74 (29.33) 1:50.33 (27.59) 14 KERSWELL, LUKE 20 SOUTHSIDE AQ 1:50.99 1:50.64B 783 r:+0.80 25.47 53.19 (27.72) 1:22.34 (29.15) 1:50.64 (28.30) 15 ASBURY, SHANE 22 NUNAWADING 1:50.35 1:50.97B 776 r:+0.68 25.65 54.03 (28.38) 1:22.23 (28.20) 1:50.97 (28.74) 16 DIGBY, ANDREW 18 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 1:50.24 1:51.13B 773 r:+0.70 25.39 52.72 (27.33) 1:21.40 (28.68) 1:51.13 (29.73) Session 6 - 6:30 PM Saturday 17/03/2012 Event 12 Men 200 LC Metre Freestyle === Finals === 1 FRASER-HOLMES, 20 MIAMI, QLD 1:47.57 1:46.88. 869 r:+0.70 24.87 52.02 (27.15) 1:19.52 (27.50) 1:46.88 (27.36) 2 MONK, KENRICK 24 ST PETERS 1:47.92 1:47.16. 862 r:+0.69 25.38 52.66 (27.28) 1:20.22 (27.56) 1:47.16 (26.94) 3 MCKEON, DAVID 19 WESTS ILLAWARRA 1:48.35 1:47.55A 853 r:+0.75 25.09 52.38 (27.29) 1:19.85 (27.47) 1:47.55 (27.70) 4 MCKENDRY, NED 19 ST PETERS 1:48.34 1:47.61A 851 r:+0.73 25.06 52.24 (27.18) 1:19.82 (27.58) 1:47.61 (27.79) 5 NAPOLEON, RYAN 21 ST PETERS 1:47.51 1:47.66A 850 r:+0.70 25.37 52.46 (27.09) 1:19.95 (27.49) 1:47.66 (27.71) 6 MCEVOY, CAMERON 17 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 1:48.35 1:47.79A 847 r:+0.61 24.92 52.42 (27.50) 1:19.99 (27.57) 1:47.79 (27.80) 1:47.79 is what it took to make the 2012 Aussie Olympic team for the 4 x 200 relay. Thorpe needed more time to train, he needed better conditioning and better splittling. 7 HURLEY, ROBERT 23 SOPAC, NSW 1:48.30 1:48.28B 835 r:+0.71 25.31 52.89 (27.58) 1:20.42 (27.53) 1:48.28 (27.86) 8 D'ORSOGNA, TOMM 21 WEST COAST, WA 1:48.03 1:48.30B 835 r:+0.68 24.74 51.71 (26.97) 1:19.67 (27.96) 1:48.30 (28.63)

Staying on top of the world stage is hard without taking time off! I would have liked to see him in 2012. Me too. I don't want this year to be the Michael Phelps show again.