File Photo: Australian Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe competes in the men's 200m freestyle event at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, in this file picture taken July 6, 2004 (Photo: Reuters)
Five-times Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe is in a Sydney hospital fighting a "serious" infection and may not swim again, his manager told Australian media late on Tuesday.
"It's serious but it's not life-threatening," Thorpe's agent James Erskine told Australian Associated Press.
"From a competitive point of view - he will not be swimming competitively again I don't think."
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