Thorpe set for TV gig after rehab stint

Ian Thorpe has emerged from rehab and may make a return to television next month on Channel Ten's coverage of the Commonwealth Games.

The ex-swimming champion has checked out of rehabilitation for depression after he suffered a breakdown in January and was admitted to a clinic.

"That's great news that Ian is better," Thorpe's former teammate Nicole Livingstone told the Sunday Telegraph.

"That's what we've all been hoping for."

Thorpe's manager is rumoured to be in negotiations with Ten for the swimming great to join Livingstone as a TV host on the Commonwealth Games coverage in Scotland this July.

Friends told the newspaper Thorpe is in "great shape" apart from a shoulder injury which was operated on while he was undergoing rehabilitation.

Will Erskine from Thorpe's management company said the swimmer would be travelling overseas soon and is "very happy and doing well".

He will reportedly ease back into social engagements but will steer clear of alcohol and parties.

Source: Daily Telegraph
Author: Matthew Henry, Approving editor: Nicholas McCallum