"I was sooorprised but not as sooorprised as I would've been before the meeeet."Haha what'd he say?
Yeah and basically said he had talked the talk then not walked the walk afterwards."I was sooorprised but not as sooorprised as I would've been before the meeeet."
Then went into detail with great relish about how Magnusson had effed up the finish. Apparently fingers should be pointing down and not up.
Well he's right.Yeah and basically said he had talked the talk then not walked the walk afterwards.
Basically Thorpe said he would go away from this meeting and will have learnt a lot. Think he was meaning the not being Billy Bigtime before you have done it. Said the best thing he can do is to get straight back in training after to get it out of system.Well he's right.
Ian Thorpe would break a world record by a second and a half and beat the field by about three seconds, wave to the crowd and do an interview saying how tough the event was. And he never yapped it up pre-meet.
Magnussen is only a kid tbf to him, and it's no bad thing to learn humility young.
Yeah but the whole world recalls that as it was so obnoxious. There was so little between those squads and that comment probably gave your guys the extra oomph to win it.Thorpey still recalls "Smash 'em like guitars" by Gary Hall Junior ahead of Sydney I think.
But still, Magnussen went faster in each of his three individual swims. Introspection is no bad thing.
Think it may well be arise Sir Bradley in the new years honours. Has shown himself to be a true sporting great in the last month and does it in style on and off the bike.Rob Woodhouse on the abc also saying the American fella's touch on the wall was stronger. Such small things make a huge difference apparently.
But Magnussen not winning is a bit like Cavendish with the attitude. Compare the latter's approach to that of Wiggins, who was so sporting in the Tour towards Evans. It's not always fair, everyone is different. But these are the things which effect perceptions of sports people.
Well they've had I don't know how many silvers, so they're there or there abouts. We had an era of exceptional athletes, including our greatest ever Olympian. It's a hell of a standard to keep up in a sport that's now global.Yeah but the whole world recalls that as it was so obnoxious. There was so little between those squads and that comment probably gave your guys the extra oomph to win it.
Must seem a while ago looking at the current Aussie swim team, having a shocker really only getting 1 gold so far. That not a troll just an observation as you pride yourselves on the swimming where as it is a bonus if we get anything over here.
Well, if that's important to him, fair enough too.Think it may well be arise Sir Bradley in the new years honours. Has shown himself to be a true sporting great in the last month and does it in style on and off the bike.
I think the fact that Thorpe (and Phelps, and others) were so young when they broke onto the world stage that they were never going to come out with those sort of brash statements, and they set their pattern of behaviour at that age.Well he's right.
Ian Thorpe would break a world record by a second and a half and beat the field by about three seconds, wave to the crowd and do an interview saying how tough the event was. And he never yapped it up pre-meet.
Magnussen is only a kid tbf to him, and it's no bad thing to learn humility young.