text: will you miss one of australia's best swimmers ian thorpe who just retired from the pool?   he was great but if he wanted to go thats fine.!! we do need good swimmers like him so we can win lol but all of them have to retire sooner or later the media was mad how they carried on with ian he has been there for years swimming for australia  &  its about time the guy  can have  a life beyond swimming all the best ian & thank you for winning all those races for australia we all were proud & so should you be aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi