SWIMMING:Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has given his final submission to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) in an attempt to clear his name. The Australian returned a drug test sample in May 2006 with abnormal levels of testosterone and luteinizing hormone.

"This material will now be examined by us and a determination made as to the way forward," an ASADA statement read.

Thorpe, now retired, has always denied any wrongdoing since his abnormal test results were leaked last March.

ASADA has been under fire for the length of time it was taking over analysing Thorpe's test. In April, swimming's governing body Fina asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to rule on whether Thorpe's sample constitutes a doping violation.