SYDNEY (AP) — Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe says he will end his retirement with the goal of swimming at next year’s London Games.
Speaking at a media conference Wednesday, Thorpe says he is returning to competitive swimming and will train ahead of the Australian Olympic selection trials in February or March 2012.
He says he will concentrate on the 100-meter freestyle and hopes to compete in the relay events at London.
The 28-year-old Thorpe retired in November 2006 after setting 13 world records and winning 11 world championship golds. He won the 200- and 400-meters freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics in his last major international meet.
