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 ...

Regan Smith has another medal to add to her haul. The 22-year-old Lakeville star swimmer claimed silver in her best event — the 100-meter backstroke — in the pool Tuesday in Paris, finishing second to ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. --Wingate junior Samuel Knapp set a 200 backstroke pool record in the Royal Invitational. Knapp swam an NCAA Division II "B" cut time of 1:48.05 Saturday. He was one of five Bulldogs ...

Three-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown broke the world record in the 200-meter backstroke Friday at the New South Wales State Open swim championships. McKeown finished in 2 minutes, 03.14 seconds, ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: NANTERRE, France (AP) — Anastasia Gorbenko considers herself caught between two world conflicts. She’s an Israeli Olympic swimmer with ...

* – in our series, we will use Lane 9 to add an athlete whose story reflects extraordinary situations of different kinds, including being deprived by doping or political decisions or, indeed the ...

Mitch Larkin won the 100m and 200m backstroke titles at the 2015 World Championsips. Then, countrywoman and girlfriend Emily Seebohm did the same. Both Australians are racing in the 100m backstroke ...

It’s taken five months for the Recreation and Park Department start fixing the cracks in the seal of Garfield Pool, but it could happen soon-ish. The pool was supposed to reopen in December after its ...

Kaylee McKeown pulled off her second successful title defense in Paris on Friday night in the women's 200-meter backstroke. The Australian, who also repeated in the 100-meter backstroke, set an ...