n 2014, Ian Thorpe sat down with Sir Michael Parkinson to conduct an interview that would change his life. At the time, Thorpe was not just the face of swimming, but of the quintessential Australian sportsman. At the tender age of 14, the boy from Milperra became the youngest male ever to represent Australia in the pool. Within a year, he won the 400-metre freestyle at the 1998 Perth World Championships, then becoming the youngest ever individual male World Champion. Titus began an era of aquatic dominance that went close to unrivalled for several years.
