London 2012 Tickets Tours Hotels: Michael Phelps or Ian Thorpe, who will produce his magic at 2012 Games

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We have an Australian sheila working for us at Spyns and she always loves the Aussies athletes whether it is Cadel Evans in the Tour de France, Lleyton Hewitt at the Loire French Open, or Ian Thorpe in the Olympic pool, she’ll support them through and through.

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One of the most highly anticipated finals for the London 2012 Summer Games will be the 100m Men’s Freestyle final, where there is a high chance of Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe having a show down for the Gold medal.

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LONDON Olympic Games boss Sebastian Coe wants a lot of the Ian Thorpe magic at his 2012 Games.
Coe said at New Parliament House in Canberra yesterday he was delighted at the prospect of having Thorpe, one of the biggest stars from the 2000 Sydney Games, making his Olympic comeback in London.

"Ian Thorpe is arguably the greatest swimmer ever," Coe said. "His abilities and skills have inspired a generation of young swimmers in London.

"Ian Thorpe competing in the Games in London is a fantastic prospect."

Coe joked that there was a couple of million dollars earmarked in the federal Budget for Thorpe's return, hidden under funding for rare fish species.

But he claimed some credit for Thorpe's return.

"I had the great pleasure of taking him around the Olympic park just a few months ago into the aquatic centre," Britain's 1500m Olympic track champion in 1980 and 1984 said.

"We walked on to the floor of the swimming pool and I sensed then that he was sort of looking at the facilities and looking at the aquatic centre and thinking maybe this isn't one to sit out."
Thorpe admitted as much when he announced his comeback earlier this year.

Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates warned Lord Coe that Thorpe looked pretty fit at the royal wedding in April and that was great news for Australia's medal hopes in London next year.

Coates said Australia was hoping to break back into the top five nations at the London Olympics, after finishing sixth in Beijing with 14 gold medals, two places behind Great Britain with 19 gold.

Thorpe's Russian coach, Gennadi Touretski, said the 28-year-old Thorpe had just returned from an altitude fitness camp in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and his preparation was "going according to the plan".
"This is a private plan, I can't talk about it," he said.

"If you ask someone from a professional football team to explain their plans, they won't, no chance. So it's like this."

There has been much speculation about which individual events Thorpe would contest at next year's Olympics trials.

Touretski said it was not up to him to influence which events Thorpe would contest.
"I'm not trying to get into his life. His life is his life, that's my general rule with athletes," he said.
"I expect them to follow their own plan in life.

"He has been preparing his whole life, he has thousands of kilometres of swimming behind (him)."
Thorpe, who is not eligible to compete until his name has been on the drug-testing register for nine months, will make his competitive comeback at the World Cup in Singapore in November.

While many see his age as a disadvantage, Touretski believes it could be the opposite, saying Thorpe is mentally and physically stronger than he was as a teen.

Having masterminded the careers of some high-profile swimmers including Alexander Popov and Michael Klim, Touretski understands Australia's fascination with all things Thorpe.

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