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Ian Thorpe 'in intensive care' after contracting serious infection - reports
Swimming great Ian Thorpe is in intensive care after receiving treatment for a serious infection, according to reports. Network Seven reported on Tuesday evening that the 31-year-old five-time Olympic gold medallist contracted the bug after surgery at a hospital near his home in the Swiss town of Ronco sopra Ascona.
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Diana Nyad completes historic Cuba-to-Florida swim
This time, neither storm, jellyfish, nausea nor utter fatigue could keep 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad from achieving her lifelong ambition of conquering the Straits of Florida.