Australia's Kaylee McKeown defeated top favourite Regan Smith to win a second consecutive women's 100-metre backstroke gold at the Paris Games on Tuesday. The Tokyo 2020 champion set a new Olympic ...

Banbridge's Lottie Cullen wins the 100m backstroke title at the Irish Open Championships in Bangor.

INDIANAPOLIS — Not all world records are equal. They might seem like they’d all be uniformly awesome in an uncomplicated way, but they don’t all feel like it. Not to Regan Smith, at least. Five years ...

There was a victory in Lakeville swimmer Regan Smith being in the Olympic final of the 200-meter backstroke at all. Three years ago at the U.S. Olympic trials, attempting to qualify for the Tokyo ...

To no one's surprise, Ryan Murphy won the men's 200-meter backstroke event on day six of the U.S. trials. Murphy placed first with a time of 1:54.33, surpassing Keaton Jones by 28 seconds, who claimed ...

Texas senior Hubert Kos defended his national title in the 100-yard backstroke with a NCAA record time and the Longhorns held ...

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 ...

Drama surrounded the men’s 200-meter backstroke at Paris La Defense Arena Wednesday when one swimmer was disqualified and another was missing from the event. Great Britain’s Luke Greenbank touched the ...

Cal alumni Ryan Murphy kept alive his hopes of winning an Olympic gold-medal in the 100-meter backstroke, but he barely made it and had some anxious moments before he knew he would participate in ...