Amanda Beard denies relationship with Ian Thorpe.Byline: ANI Melbourne, Jan 30 (ANI): Ace swimmer Amanda Beard Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California) is an American Olympic swimmer and model. Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 games at the age of 14. has denied being romantically involved with Ian Thorpe. According to Daily Telegraph, Beard's agent Evan Morganstein has rubbished the reports that the couple was in a relationship. "It's baloney," News.com.au quoted Morganstein as saying. Rumours of their romance started off during the 2004 Olympics in Athens. "I was there at the (Athens) Olympics, she is one of my best friends, it never happened," he said. "They were friends. She and Thorpe were never anything more and to suggest otherwise was "hogwash hog·wash n. 1. Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense. 2. Garbage fed to hogs; swill. hogwash Noun Informal nonsense Noun 1. , nonsense". "I don't know that Ian and her ever had a conversation about being anything other than friends, it's not that she doesn't think he's not a nice guy, it just never happened," he added. Beard, who has been labelled the sexiest swimmer in the world, is now engaged to be married to photographer Sacha Brown. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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