Solo parenting five young kids for half the week would be daunting for some, but seven-time Olympic medallist Libby Trickett is hardly one to shy away from a challenge. The retired swimmer has ...

ROME (Reuters) - Australia's Libby Trickett will stick with her old swimsuit for next week's world championships rather than switch to a newer model which might rip. Swimming's governing body FINA ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Britta Steffen won Germany's first swimming gold of the Beijing Olympics when she motored home on the final lap to pip world record holder Libby Trickett by a fingertip and win the ...

SINGAPORE, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The return of swimming great Ian Thorpe after a five-year hiatus has provided a much-needed fillip to the sport after the negative headlines surrounding ...

SYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Libby Trickett's quest to compete at a third Olympic Games received a major boost on Friday when the Australian swam her fastest time since coming out of retirement, a ...

July 3 (Reuters) - Libby Trickett, one of Australia's most decorated swimmers, has retired due to a wrist injury, Swimming Australia said on Wednesday. The 28-year-old, who was a member of the women's ...

ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Libby Trickett's infamous attacks of nerves at the Olympics have included feeling like vomiting on the morning of her gold medal-winning swim in Beijing, but the 27-year-old now ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Libby Trickett has pulled out of one of her events at the Beijing Games in August, ending her chances of matching the record for the most gold medals won by a woman at a ...

SYDNEY, June 29 (Reuters) - Three-times Olympic champion Libby Trickett failed to clinch a place in Australia's world championship relay team on her competitive return from retirement in Adelaide on ...