There will be no third Olympics for Ian Thorpe, as the two-time 24 year old Olympian officially announced his retirement from competitive swimming. Well, there’s always the possibility of a comeback for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I suppose, but Thorpe says that’s unlikely, and people close to him seem to agree that a comeback is not really in keeping with his personality. There has been speculation for some time about whether the “Thorpedo” as he is known would compete in the Beijing Olympics.
