Ian Thorpe considered coming out before 2000 Olympics

By Kate McClymont, Eryk Bagshaw
Updated July 13 2014 - 7:18pm, first published 6:42pm

Ian Thorpe contemplated coming out as gay prior to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but the swimming superstar decided against it because of the detrimental financial consequences suffered by a Canadian swimming star.

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