Thorpe's comeback attempt suffers setback in Beijing
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November 9, 2011, Wednesday
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FIVE-TIME Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe's comeback bid suffered a setback yesterday when he failed to qualify for the finals of the men's 100-meter freestyle and the 100 individual medley at a World Cup short course event in Beijing.
The Australian finished the 100 in 50.21 seconds, placing 15th across modest heat fields. Teammate Kyle Richardson had the fastest time of 48.11 seconds. In the IM, Thorpe finished ninth in 56.70, just two hundredths of a second off the last qualifying spot. Again Richardson had the top time of 54.77.
"It was OK. It wasn't my best performance in this series," Thorpe said after the heats, adding it was the first time he has competed in a short course 100-meter race in 10 years.
The 29-year-old Thorpe came out of more than five years of retirement earlier this year in a bid to represent Australia at next year's London Olympics. As well as Olympic gold, Thorpe won 11 world titles and set 13 individual world records.
Thorpe said it was "almost absurd" to expect that he would start winning right away. He said he considered the results a stepping stone and that so far he was "pretty happy" with the results.
The Australian finished the 100 in 50.21 seconds, placing 15th across modest heat fields. Teammate Kyle Richardson had the fastest time of 48.11 seconds. In the IM, Thorpe finished ninth in 56.70, just two hundredths of a second off the last qualifying spot. Again Richardson had the top time of 54.77.
"It was OK. It wasn't my best performance in this series," Thorpe said after the heats, adding it was the first time he has competed in a short course 100-meter race in 10 years.
The 29-year-old Thorpe came out of more than five years of retirement earlier this year in a bid to represent Australia at next year's London Olympics. As well as Olympic gold, Thorpe won 11 world titles and set 13 individual world records.
Thorpe said it was "almost absurd" to expect that he would start winning right away. He said he considered the results a stepping stone and that so far he was "pretty happy" with the results.
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