Thorpe breaks another record
13 April 2012
Ian Thorpe set his second world record in as many days, breaking Pieter van den Hoogenband's mark in the 200 meters freestyle at the Australian swimming championships.
The 18-year-old's time of 1 minute 44.69 seconds was 0.66 of a second inside the Dutchman's best set at the Sydney Olympics.
It was the 13th time the triple Olympic champion had set a world record. Yesterday he took more than four seconds off the 800m freestyle record.
