18 year old Ian Thorpe defeats Pieter Van Den Hoogenband to win the 200m Freestyle title at the 2001 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka | Thorpes time of 1.44.06 lowers his own world record by 0.63 of a second | This world record stood for 6 years before being lowered by Michael Phelps at the 2007 World Championships | This footage has been taken from a Channel 9 Australia broadcast | If this is a breach of copyright please advise and it will be removed
