Poland's Ksawery Masiuk needs a victory in the 200-meter backstroke to complete a sweep of the back events at the World Junior Championships.

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 ...

Lukas Paegle's training was holding him back. Too much training, to be exact. Nothing came together the way the Bloomington South junior swimmer wanted in the state series last year. "It was ...

The individual medley (IM) requires competitors to use each stroke for one-fourth of the race, following this sequence: butterfly, then backstroke, then breaststroke, then freestyle. There are two IM ...

The freestyle stroke was introduced at the 1896 Athens Olympics in the men's 100m, 500m, 1200m, ... Backstroke is the only swimming stroke that is swum on the back.

You could call it a stroke of swimming genius. U.S. Olympian Katie Ledecky has galloped away with two more gold medals in the 800 meter and 1,500 meter women’s freestyle swimming events at the ...