It is completely surreal because two years ago I wasn't swimming, I was 10 kilos heavier and was on a completely different path in my life, I was still living in Sydney, I'm just so happy now.

75 seconds. Two days later on 29 March 2008 Libby Trickett broke the world record for the 50 m freestyle finals in the Australian Olympic Trials with a time of 23. Fairly new to the 200 m freestyle event Trickettgo recorded the then fourth fastest time in history clocking 1:57.

Lisbeth "Libby" Constance Trickett (née Lenton) OAM (born 28 January 1985 in Townsville Queensland Australia) is a world record holding and Olympic gold medalist swimmer from Australia. She is the world record holder in the short-course (25m) 100 metres freestyle.