www.swimming.org.au/.../results_details.cfm
I hope this link works..........but if not Ian Thorpe was DQed in prelims of the 400 Free at the Australian Olympic Trials!!!!!!!
Australia's selection policy is as strict as the US one.........Thorpe will not contest the 400 Free at the Olympics!
I wish all meet management softwares were required to show the reason for the DQ...........it could have been a false start or a no show due to illness or injury or bizare circumstance.........i hate not knowing!
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www.smh.com.au/.../1079939853908.html
An article by Kieran Perkins about how strict Australia's qualifying standards are and how even he (the world record holder at the time) wasn't selected for the team. I would safely say that Thorpe is out...
www.smh.com.au/.../1079939853908.html
An article by Kieran Perkins about how strict Australia's qualifying standards are and how even he (the world record holder at the time) wasn't selected for the team. I would safely say that Thorpe is out...
