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                    [Title] => Thorpe reveals years of crippling depression
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 Five-time Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe says he's spent much of his life battling "crippling depression", occasionally considered suicide and often turned to heavy alcohol consumption to manage his moods.

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The man known around the world as The Thorpedo is about to face his moment of truth.

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Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe failed for a second day to reach a final, adding to his comeback woes at a World Cup short course event in China.

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Ian Thorpe has ruled out a comeback to competitive swimming, rejecting Australian media reports Monday that the five-time Olympic gold medalist wanted to qualify for a relay at the 2012 London Games.

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Thorpe more than justified his decision to add the race to his heavy workload of freestyle swims, clocking two minutes 00.11 seconds in his first Australian open medley final. He sliced 0.15 sec off Matt Dunn’s former national and Commonwealth record of 2:00.26 sec set at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. [DatePublished] => 2003-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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 Five-time Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe says he's spent much of his life battling "crippling depression", occasionally considered suicide and often turned to heavy alcohol consumption to manage his moods.

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The man known around the world as The Thorpedo is about to face his moment of truth.

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Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe failed for a second day to reach a final, adding to his comeback woes at a World Cup short course event in China.

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Ian Thorpe has ruled out a comeback to competitive swimming, rejecting Australian media reports Monday that the five-time Olympic gold medalist wanted to qualify for a relay at the 2012 London Games.

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Thorpe more than justified his decision to add the race to his heavy workload of freestyle swims, clocking two minutes 00.11 seconds in his first Australian open medley final. He sliced 0.15 sec off Matt Dunn’s former national and Commonwealth record of 2:00.26 sec set at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. [DatePublished] => 2003-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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