Australian swimming star Kaylee McKeown has smashed the 50 metre backstroke world record by 0.12 seconds to underline her status as swimming's backstroke queen. Kaylee McKeown now holds the world ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...