Star Thorpe announces retirement

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Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has stunned the world of swimming by retiring at the age of 24. The Australian won three gold medals at the 2000 Games in Sydney and added two titles in Athens four years later. But he has barely competed since then because of injury and fatigue, and told a news conference in Sydney he had been weighing up his future for some time. I didnt find it that much of a shock with his injury problems but it would have been good to him compete in another olympics.