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This photo shows Ian Thorpe falling into the the water in the 400m freestyle heats at the 2004 Australian Championships in March, resulting in disqualification.

The picture is used in Ian Thorpe

• in order to describe Thorpe's false start and disqualification in the event
• No free equivalent could be created because one cannot travel back in time to capture the historic event, and only a professional commercial photographer could create such live action photos.
• Is used purely for educational information on the en Wikipedia under US fair use law.
• Enhances the description of the career of Thorpe with respect to the 2004 Olympics qualification
• Is of low resolution

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