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Olympian sounds alarm after near death experience

For more than a decade, Libby Trickett was Australia’s golden girl.

A four-time Olympic gold medallist, also with one silver and two bronze medals to her name, she dominated the pool — breaking records in freestyle, butterfly and relay events.

But last year, at the age of 40, the seemingly healthy mother of five suddenly became gravely unwell.

What she felt was unlike anything she had ever experienced.

“I was two months postpartum and I was taking my girls to swimming lessons,” Trickett recalled.

“I remember this tightness in my chest. I wouldn’t describe it as pain — it was pressure. It felt really scary. Then there was this overwhelming sense of unease… almost a sense of impending doom.

“I felt dizzy, out of sorts, just deeply unwell.”……

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