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Ian Thorpe, the Olympic 200 and 400metre freestyle champion, has provided the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) with evidence in support of a bid to clear his name after an “adverse finding” was returned on a drug test in May 2006, six months before he retired.

The adverse finding was leaked to a French newspaper, which broke the story in March in the midst of the World Championships in Melbourne. It was news to Thorpe, too: under the World Anti-Doping Agency code, adverse findings remain strictly confidential unless there is a case to answer.

Thorpe, at 24 a legendary figure in swimming with five Olympic and 11 world titles to his name, as well as 18 world records, strongly denied taking banned substances when news of the test emerged and has always taken a strong and at times very vocal stance against doping.

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