Southern California Aquatics SCAQ Swim Club

Thorpe to swim just the 100m free at Australian Nationals in December.

Last February during the Telstra Commonwealth trials he pulled off a 48.86 in a semi-final; (as seen above), and then a 49.28 in the final finishing first in both events. In this semi-final he had a slow start, and a shallow flip-turn but even with those two mistakes his sheer strength and composed form delivered a very fast time.

Thorpe's stroke is so clean and powerful that he even makes Phelps, Hackett and Gary Hall look inefficient in comparison. Note the underwater view.

With that in mind, if you compared his best time to those logged in the 100m free final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, BC last August, he would have placed 3rd behind Canadian Brent Hayden's 48.59, and Jason Leezak's 48.76.

I'm hoping that Thorpe's has a great swim; (47.83 has a nice ring to it), that inspires the American team to do even better.

Source article can be found here.