http://www.swim-city.com/media.php3?cat=media_freestyle
Found this site recently, lots of good footage.
If you pause during the right moment in the side view Thorpe video you can see the amazing, unatural looking, hyperextension of his knee when he kicks. Lots of good examples of high elbow too.
Great footage. The thing I noticed about Thorpe is that, except for this head, his entire body seems to be submerged, whereas most of the other swimmers are more aggressively breaking the surface. No wonder they call him Thorpedo.
Intersting that all swimmers on the videos breath every two strokes.
What’s really interesting is that they all turn their head to breathe, Thorpe is practically looking over his shoulder when he takes a breath.