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  • Swimmer Ian Thorpe Could Lose Use of Left Arm

    04/08/2014 4:53:21 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    Straits Times ^ | APR 8, 2014
    Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe is in intensive care in a Sydney hospital receiving treatment for an infection that could result in him losing the use of his left arm, Australian media reported on Tuesday. The five-times Olympic champion reportedly contracted the bug after surgery at a hospital in Switzerland, where he now lives. In February, Thorpe's manager James Erskine said the 31-year-old was suffering from depression after being found disorientated and behaving oddly near a vehicle in Australia after taking a mixture of anti-depressants and painkillers for a shoulder injury. Thorpe, who made his Games debut in Sydney in...
  • Illness forces Thorpe out of Games

    03/06/2006 9:24:42 PM PST · by Aussie Dasher · 155+ views
    Herald Sun ^ | 7 March 2006
    IAN Thorpe has pulled out of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games because of illness. The five-time Olympic gold medallist has been suffering from a mystery illness after coming down with a severe bout of bronchitis last month. Speaking today in Sydney - his voice rasping - Thorpe said he had suffered from bronchitis which had run him down and led to sinus problems and flu symptoms. Precisely what is wrong with him remains a mystery, however. "All I know is that I have taken more pills than ever before in my life in an attempt to get over this," a weak-looking...