PARIS: Ian Thorpe bounced back from two uncharacteristically poor performances to claim a crushing 200 metres freestyle victory over Dutch arch rival Pieter Van Den Hoogenband in the FINA short-course World Cup on Saturday.
The world champion and world record holder was nearly a second-and-a-half clear of his rival when he stopped the clock at 1:41.86 to claim gold.
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