Swim legend Ian Thorpe crashes out on comeback
Updated On: 06 November, 2011 01:56 AM IST | AFP
Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe failed to qualify for Singapore's World Cup short-course 100m butterfly final on Saturday as his keenly awaited comeback from a five-year retirement ended in disappointment
Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe failed to qualify for Singapore's World Cup short-course 100m butterfly final on Saturday as his keenly awaited comeback from a five-year retirement ended in disappointment. 
Ian Thorpe
Thorpe, who finished second-last in the 100m individual medley final on Friday, was third in his butterfly heat in 54.09 seconds but 11th overall.
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