Libby Trickett News

Olympic champion Cesar Cielo of Brazil broke the world record in the 50-meter freestyle on Friday, clocking 20.91 seconds during a meet in Sao Paulo.

LIBBY TRICKETT'S former coach, Grant Stoelwinder, believes Australia's elite swimmers should consider taking up to a year away from the sport to prolong their careers and prevent premature burnout.

There are pictures of each of Virginia's national championship teams hanging in its locker room, and there's about to be an addition to the wall.

Senior Australian team member Andrew Lauterstein says swimmers will not be distracted by the allegations against national head coach Alan Thompson and one of his predecessors, Terry Buck.

World records set by swimmers wearing now-banned polyurethane swimsuits should not be allowed to stand, Australian Olympic silver medalist Eamon Sullivan said.

The inaugural event quickly raised $85,000 for Variety, which works with disadvantaged children.

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 27. SWIMMING World is closing in on announcing the World Swimmers of the Year on December 1. Today, we reveal the winners of the 2009 Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year award as announced in the December issue.

Leisel Jones has provided her strongest indication she is ready to carry on and become the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympics.

November 19 SAMUELS AND FEARNLEY TOP 2009 NSWIS AWARDS Discus queen Dani Samuels and the king of Wheelchair Track & Road Kurt Fearnley are tonight the toast of NSW sport after gaining top honours at the glittering 2009 NSW Institute of Sport Annual Awards Dinner at the Australian Jockey Club in Sydney.

LEISEL Jones proved that amid swimming's suit farce she is still a force, with two world short-course records confirming her status as breaststroke queen.

Leisel Jones powers through the water on her way to a world record in Berlin. Olympic champion Leisel Jones has broken the short-course world record for the 100 metres breaststroke at the FINA World Cup meet in Berlin.

INSPIRING leadership off the field will be one of the key goals of a unique meeting of Australian sporting leaders in Canberra this month.

LIBBY Trickett is still agonising over her future in the pool as fellow golden girl Leisel Jones dips back into international competition for the first time in 15 months on Friday.

Audio: Interview: Libby Trickett Olympic gold medallist Libby Trickett has joined Australia's best female sprint swimmers at a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, but is still yet to commit to the sport.

HER contemporaries, like Libby Trickett, may be contemplating retirement but Australia's newest world champion, Marieke Guehrer, feels like she is just beginning.

Jess Schipper was adjudged the standout Australian swimmer of the past year. Map: Canberra 2600 World champion and world record holder Jessicah Schipper has been named the 2009 Australian Swimmer of the Year at Parliament House in Canberra.

CANBERRA, Australia, October 7. WORLD Champion and world record holder Jessicah Schipper has won the 2009 Telstra Swimmer of the Year Award at Parliament House in Canberra tonight in an evening of high praise for the 22-year-old butterflyer from Brisbane.

THE irony of the situation has not escaped Libby Trickett. She has spent the past two weekends launching the summer swimming season around the country, when she doesn't know if she will be participating herself.

IT felt odd that Jodie Henry was announcing her retirement yesterday, not because she was finally leaving the sport, but because mentally she had departed more than a year ago.

Three time Olympic gold medallist, Jodie Henry, is set to formally retire today.