Regarded as the next Daniel Wiffen, the young Galwegian has backed up his European triumph by claiming a World Aquatics ...

John Shortt claimed gold for Ireland in the 100m backstroke at the World Junior Aquatics Championships in Romania on Wednesday evening.

Liam Carrington made an outstanding start to his campaign at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships Otopeni, ...

SINGAPORE, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Kaylee McKeown delivered a dominant performance to win the women's 200m backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships on Saturday, setti ...

Ireland’s John Shortt will swim in the final of the 100m backstroke at the World Aquatics Junior Championships in Otopenia, ...

SINGAPORE, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- World record holder Kliment Kolesnikov stormed to victory in the men's 50-meter backstroke final at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday. The 2 ...

Canadian Olympic medallists Kylie Masse and Taylor Ruck finished off the podium in the women's 100-metre backstroke final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Tuesday.

Representing Neutral Athletes, Kliment Kolesnikov won the men's 50m backstroke title in Singapore, swimming a championship record at 23.68 seconds ahead of Pieter Coetze and Pavel Samusenko, who tied ...

(Reuters) -World record holder Kaylee McKeown underlined her status as the undisputed queen of backstroke swimming as she added the 200 meters gold to her triumph in the 100 at the world championships ...

The backstroke, like the front crawl, combines an alternating motion of the arms with a flutter kick, but is done with the face and chest facing upward out of the water. While the three ...

Pieter Coetzé has won his third medal at the 205 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore after finishing second in the 50m backstroke final on Sunday.

Background For the backstroke-to-breastroke turn in individual medley events, the official USA Swimming and NCAA rulebooks state: “The swimmer must touch the wall while on the back. Once a legal ...