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Ian Thorpe: How I became Australia's most successful Olympian (E71)
The High Performance Podcast
The Weight of Expectation
I refused to actually read anything about myself, avoid what's reported on TV. I think I decided that it was better for me leading into the Sydney Olympics. And then I carried it on beyond that. You either read everything about yourself or you read nothing. And the same, you watch everything or you watch nothing. But I also know I tried to avoid it during the Sydney Olympics and even though I tried, it was still there. There was a front page of the paper,. which we drove past in the bus on the way to actually get to, you know, the swimming center. It was three days into the Olympic Games. And I believe, and I may be wrong, but
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