Thorpe announced his decision of retirement on Monday at a new conference in sydeny, australia. He said that he came to a decision at "2:53 on
 sunday afternoon" not to swim at next year's world championship in melbourne and to finish his proffesional swimming career.
  "its been a tough decision to make" he said. "i had to pick a time, that was the time". He kept the audience suspended for 7 minutes during the press conference before saying that coach Milt Nelmes had helped increase his fitness level. Thorpe a.k.a thorpeedo and famous for his size 17 feet.