The five-time OLYMPIC gold medalist Ian Thorpe is considered one of Australia’s largest sportsnavne through the ages.
After svømmekarrieren he jumped out as a gay man, along with her boyfriend Ryan Channing, and the two men plan to have children together, but have encountered legal problems.
– Both I and Ian would really like to have children. Unfortunately it is difficult with the law in Australia for samkønnede few, but in California is delstatslovene more progressive, so it is our best alternative, ” says Channing of the Daily Mail.
– I will be really happy, if the development in Australia went forward, so samkønnede few not had to travel far to low family, he says.
Ian Thorpe during the 2004 OLYMPICS. Photo: AP
The two have been together for three years, and they are therefore, so small started the preparations in order to have children.
– We have talked about having children for a long time. It is still a little while away, but we have visited the clinic, confirms Thorpe.
the 36-year-old Ian Thorpe won three times OLYMPIC gold in 2000 and a further two gold medals in the 2004 and frolicking particularly at the longer crawl-distances.
It was in an interview with the british tv legend Michael Parkinson in 2014, Thorpe talked about his homosexuality for years to have rejected it.
his Career ended in 2011, when he missed qualifying for the OLYMPICS in London the year after. Already in 2006 he had stopped his career for the first time, but announced immediately his comeback again. Already as a 14-year-old, he came the first time on the australian national team.
Ian Thorpe told in his autobiography ‘This is me’ from 2012, that he had big problems with a creeping depression and also problems with binge drinking.
I considered the specific places and ways I could commit suicide. But I stopped always, because I realized how stupid it was. I could have taken the life of myself?
– When I look back, I know it’s not, but there are days in my life that can still make me quiver, tells Thorpe in an extract from the book, as the newspaper the Sydney Morning Herald has been allowed to reproduce.
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