Tag: Ian Thorpe
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Watch Prince William and Michael Phelps Bond Over Fatherhood
When two young dads meet, what do they talk about? Their kids, of course — even when the two dads in question are Prince William and gold medal Olympian Michael Phelps. After Phelps cemented his title as history’s greatest Olympian this year, collecting five more gold medals (for a grand total of 23!) in Rio,…
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Ian Thorpe and Lee Lin Chin star in foul-mouthed Olympics ad
Lee Lin Chin is known for her quirky style and sense of humour and now she’s roped swimming champion Ian Thorpe into the mix as the two star in a hilarious new ad for the Rio Olympics. See Starts At 60 https://youtu.be/8ytqr7ojFq8
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Not all champions can be role models, says Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe
Although Olympic champions can make great role models, sports officials can’t expect all athletes to be angels in their pursuit of results, according to Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe. The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has taken a hard line on team culture at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, four years after their London Games delegation…
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Ian Thorpe launches bizarre new business
The swim champ is either pulling our chain, or has started a pool cleaning business. Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe has launched what looks to be a premium pool cleaning business. The former Olympic champion announced the new business via his personal Twitter account on Friday afternoon. “After months of keeping it on the down…
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Olympic swimmer, Daniel Kowalski, on being a gay athlete
Australian Olympic swimmer, Daniel Kowalski, speaks about being a gay athlete at the 2016 Sydney Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras Film Festival, with a panel of Australian elite LGBT athletes, 28 Feb 2016, at the screening of LGBT sports documentary “Out to Win”. Fellow Panelists included Matthew Mitcham, Sally Shipard, Ian Thorpe, Shelly Gorman-Sandie and…
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The Bully Project – Former Olympic Swimmer Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe will host a confronting new series aimed at tackling the issue of bullying by taking audiences to the frontline. The project is looking for Queenslanders to get involved. https://youtu.be/MthNiJvpKOM
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Ian Thorpe joins athletes calling for an end to homophobia in sport
Six champions united at the Mardi Gras Film Festival to share their stories of coming out and changes they want to see in their sporting codes. Audience members listened Sunday evening to Ian Thorpe, Matthew Mitcham, Sally Shipard, Daniel Kowalski, Shelly Gorman-Sandie and Casey Conway at a special screening of Out To Win: a film…
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Ian Thorpe to host new ABC exposé on bullying
Aussie Olympic swimming great Ian Thorpe will open up about his own experience of being bullied as a teenager in a three-part documentary which aims to tackle all sides of the issue of bullying in schools. “More than a quarter of school children in Australia claim to have been bullied on a regular basis, which…
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Olympic athletes finding lucrative sponsorship deals harder to come by
Australia’s Olympic athletes are facing the sobering reality that the huge sponsorship dollars that filled their predecessors’ pockets are vanishing. Glamour swimmers such as Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe comfortably earnt four or five times a year what many of the current swim stars make. The gap is not just down to the fact that…