Australian McKeown also advances to backstroke semis Olympic champion Ceccon scrapes through in men's event Ledecky a class apart in 1,500 heats July 28 (Reuters) - World record holder Regan Smith was ...

Australian Kaylee McKeown swam her third historic time in four days, recording the second-fastest 200m backstroke in history at the Australia Olympic Trials on Thursday. McKeown clocked 2 minutes, ...

NANTERRE, France — American Regan Smith versus Australian Kaylee McKeown never seems to get old, whether they're competing in the same race or on opposite sides of the globe. And Tuesday’s women’s 100 ...

PARIS, France — Four-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy secured a spot in the men's 100-meter backstroke finals at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Murphy, who attended The Bolles School in ...

McCallie junior swimmer Collin Holgerson set the swimming world abuzz this past weekend at the U.S. Junior Nationals in Indianapolis by recording the fastest high school backstroke in history.

For the past two years of long course international competitions, Regan Smith has performed admirably in the backstroke events, only to come out on the receiving end of Kaylee McKeown’s continued ...

Jack Harvey may need to swim more than a second faster tonight if he is to claim Bermuda’s first medal at the Junior Pan American Games. Harvey qualified fourth fastest for the 200 metres backstroke ...

MELBOURNE, June 13 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown missed her 200 metres backstroke world record but swam the second fastest time in history at Australia's Olympic trials on Thursday in a ...

Kaylee McKeown swam the second-fastest 100m backstroke in history to win the Australian Olympic Trials in Brisbane on Tuesday. McKeown, an Olympic and world champion and world record holder in both ...