As the second stroke to be contested at the Olympics, backstroke is often said to be the inverse of freestyle. Backstroke made its debut at the 1900 Olympic Games, where only the 200-meter race was ...

Russian Olympic Committee's Evgeny Rylov came into the men's 200-meter backstroke event as the favorite. He lived up to the hype. Rylov set an Olympic record with a time of 1:53.27, holding off the ...

St. Mary’s senior Joe Hayburn seems to have made it his mission to accomplish as many fantastic feats as possible before graduation. The reigning Capital Gazette boys Swimmer of the Year has already ...

Swimming the backstroke may seem a harmless pursuit, but it has been banned at a council pool in case of accidents. Daisyfield baths, in Blackburn, is believed to be the first to implement such a ban.

The World Aquatics Championships featured a big upset as the US Men's team failed to advance to the semifinals of the 100m backstroke. This marks the first time since 1908 that the team has failed to ...

Oliver Morgan breaks British record to qualify for Paris Olympics 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships Dates: 2-7 April Venue: London Aquatics Centre Time: Heats from 10:00 BST; finals sessions ...

MELBOURNE, April 17 (Reuters) - Backstroke queen Kaylee McKeown marked herself a major threat for the 200 metres individual medley gold at the Paris Olympics as she shattered a national record at the ...

Visitors to a council-run swimming pool have been banned from doing backstroke, it emerged today. Bathers at the Daisyfield pool in Blackburn, Lancashire, have been told they can only do front strokes ...