SYDNEY (AP) — Triple Olympic gold medalist Libby Trickett is coming out of retirement in the hope of representing Australia in swimming at the 2012 London games.
The 25-year-old Trickett told an Australian TV network Wednesday she realized in the months since her retirement that she wasn’t quite ready to stop competing.
“Throughout the course of this year there were little things that made me miss it,” she said. “Just the smell of the pool during race time, just things that twinged my memories.”
Trickett said her decision to return was “solidified” by watching swimmers at last month’s Pan Pacific championships.
