Comments | thorne_scratch: Oh, here go hell come

thorne_scratch

Oh, here go hell come

Feb 01, 2011 23:37

So, uh. We interrupt the current winter sport focus to swing wildly back to summer sports, based on two recent announcements.

Aaron Peirsol is retiring and not trying to go to London 2012!

AND,

Ian Thorpe is UN-retiring, and intent on making a run for London 2012!

MICHAEL PHELPS, PLEASE PLEASE MAKE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT CONFIRMS ( Read more... )

hockey, sidney crosby, aaron peirsol, ryan lochte, alexander ovechkin, swimming, bode miller, ian thorpe, michael phelps

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horizon_greene February 2 2011, 05:14:31 UTC

Ian coming back vaguely horrifies me. It's been too long. There's no going back. I have no one to pair him with! This has potential to turn into a borderline emotional crisis.

I suppose I'll believe it when I see it, because like you, I'm kind of skeptical of this entire thing.

thorne_scratch February 2 2011, 13:00:58 UTC

Yeah, I have my doubts. If he'd started training right after Beijing, yeah, I guess I could see it being pulled off, but with less than two years to go, mmm. His age and time being out of the pool work against him. However, they say he's been training quietly for a while now, so hey, go for it, man.

I have no one to pair him with

Oh, come on, you know he and Phelps bitched at each other over the phone when Biedermann broke the 200m free record. (Though I had to sit back and think over whether or not van den hoogenband was actually married with a kid, of if I was just remembering, like, fanfiction.)

I thought he retired on a very good note, so I'm surprised he's coming out of it, especially given how carefully controlled and deliberate he usually is. Though I am laughing a bit at all the people on ONTD who are all using his 2004 pics. He's changed a bit, dudes.

sashafarce February 2 2011, 05:16:46 UTC

EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Well. Not on the Peirsol thing but I expected that.

Not that I think that Ian is going to make it either. I've had this story vaguely floating around in my head for the last 2 or 3 years about him trying to make a comeback (one that alas will probably never end up on paper) so I'm going to pretend that I dreamed this into existence.

thorne_scratch February 2 2011, 13:05:32 UTC

Yea, I'm sad about Peirsol. The Texas Trio is all gone, pretty much. Plus, I just like Aaron. Of all the Olympians, he's the one I'd most like to get a beer with. Or possibly Grant Hackett.

I think it's a pretty long shot for him, but I dunno; maybe his training, innate talent, and his heavy reputation clout in Australia can get him there. Of course, you know what this also means-- he can't wear his iconic black body suit anymore.

so I'm going to pretend that I dreamed this into existence.

Man, with swimming, I always have to doublecheck on whether or not I'm remembering fanon or real life.

flidgetjerome February 2 2011, 07:09:08 UTC

The great thing about chasing Johnny Weir around the Village is Johnny Weir wants to get caught.

. . . This, plus the time machine, is Evgeni Plushenko's origin story.

ALSO!

thorne_scratch February 2 2011, 13:14:42 UTC

Johnny Weir is pretty much the embodiment who someone who loves the chase. Heh.

. . . This, plus the time machine, is Evgeni Plushenko's origin story.

I LOVE YOU. Unless Putin is involved. If he is, I retract that.

I KNOW RIGHT??? I've been following these things as they've been revealed and gotten more and more ridonkulous, and the whole shebang that showed up at the actual game-- holograms and light shows and Stan Lee actually reading out their backstories-- was like a gem in the crown of ridonkulousness. Then, apparently, the Hurricane saved everyone, since we were in North Carolina and the intermission can only last so long.

I don't know whether to be glad or sad our team's hero didn't make the top ten list. Does no one like a shape-shifting eagle-man spy in a form-fitting leotard?

chickpea February 6 2011, 00:39:47 UTC

Watch out, Ryan Lochte, your boyfriend's ex is coming around and you may have to get in some kind of chest-beating intimidation act.
Hahahahaha.

Hey, maybe we can drag Pieter van den Hoogenband back as well.
omg, yes please. I miss Hoogie.

While I loved the news and discussion in this post, I could not help noticing that this was NOT A REPORT ABOUT YOUR TRIP TO LA. Ahem.

thorne_scratch February 7 2011, 18:48:31 UTC

Despite the fact I'm all up in hockey at the moment, swimming is always my true love sport, and I can't help but be sort of delighted and surprised by the news coming out of the last couple days.

I kind of miss Hoogie too. Though of the Big Three, I always found him too damn normal. Phelps and Thorpe kind of handily kept the news going with their various exploits and he was, gasp, just sort of well behaved.

IT IS COMING, I SWEAR. I was in Pittsburgh this weekend visiting friends. Pittsburgh and LA, two extremely different towns. It is giving me mental disparity.