Backstroke can be a difficult stroke to swim. Many backstrokers struggle with a lack of body rotation that keeps their stroke long and efficient or crossing over on their entry. To help you swim like ...

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 ...

The fourth-ranked recruit in the Indiana class of 2026 qualified to compete in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships last week. Han finished fifth in the 100 backstroke ...

PARIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Australia's Kaylee McKeown cemented her place among the greats of Olympic swimming on Friday as she became the first woman to retain both of the backstroke titles with a ...

American Claire Curzan became the third swimmer to sweep the 50m, 100m and 200m titles in a single stroke at one world championships, completing her backstroke set Saturday in Doha. Curzan, a ...

Asian medallist Srihari Nataraj broke his seven-year-old men’s 50m backstroke record on his way to retain the title at the ...

Indian Olympian swimmer Srihari Nataraj continued his strong domestic form by winning the men’s 50m backstroke at the ...

Backstroke has been thoroughly investigated in the context of sports science. However, we have no knowledge about the nationalities of the fastest age group backstroke swimmers. Therefore, the present ...

The 2026 NJSIAA Swimming Meet of Champions is set for this upcoming weekend. At Gloucester Tech, the top swimmers in New Jersey will compete in the preliminary round on Saturday, Feb. 28 before the ...

Keep reading to learn more about each stroke and how they're swam, plus which muscles are worked. This powerful stroke requires a swimmer to move up out of the water and back down in a smooth, almost ...

The 54th Bahamas Aquatics Federation’s National Swimming Championships got off to a thrilling start at the Betty ...