His decision not to swim will leave the 400m Freestyle event open to other swimmers for the first time in seven years. The 400m has been his event since 1998 when at just 15 he took the World 400m title in Perth  . He went on to win the world title again at Fukuoka  in 2001 and in Barcelona  in 2003.
His decision not to swim will leave the 400m Freestyle event open to other swimmers for the first time in seven years. The 400m has been his event since 1998 when at just 15 he took the World 400m title in Perth , Australia . He went on to win the world title again at Fukuoka , Japan in 2001 and in Barcelona , Spain in 2003.
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, Australia
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, Spain