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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Kim Seung-won earned bronze in the women's 100-meter backstroke at the Asian Games on Wednesday for her second medal in swimming this week. The 16-year-old Kim clocked 1:00 ...

MARINE MESSE HALL A, FUKUOKA, JAPAN - 2023/07/29: Kaylee Mckeown of Australia reacts after competing in the 200m Backstroke Women Final during the 20th World Aquatics Championships. Kaylee Mckeown ...

Kaylee McKeown has completed an extraordinary weekend in Budapest with a third race win and the lucrative title of overall women's World Cup champion. Kaylee McKeown won all nine backstroke events in ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- This world record was five years in the making for Regan Smith. What an up-and-down journey it has been. Bouncing back from a close-but-no-Olympics call in her first race, Smith set a ...