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Thorpe has a secret lady love
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ASIANAGE on 16 July, 2008 01:37:16
 
Former Olympian swimmer Ian Thorpe is ready to admit that he’s fallen in love.
However, he’s not ready to tell the world who the woman of his dreams is. The
only thing that the privacy-loving Thorpe will reveal is that the person is not
an Australian. "There is (someone special in my life), but they don’t live in
this country," Thorpe was quoted as saying. Thorpe, who is preparing to travel
to the Beijing Olympics to honour sponsorship commitments, described the
relationship as a "newbie" and said it was going well. The former Olympic gold
medallist had been linked to a bevy of women, and in 2006, gossip had him dating
television sports presenter Lee Furlong. And at the Athens Olympics in 2004, the
Australian swimming star was rumoured to be in a relationship with American
swimming star Amanda Beard. The 25-year-old’s sexuality has also been the
subject of speculation with persistent claims the gold-medallist is gay.