Texas swimmer Hubert Kós describes why his NCAA 100 backstroke felt different than the Olympics—less pressure, more team meaning—and calls it his best reaction and his favorite race ever. And then ...

Murphy won the men’s 200 meter backstroke final with a time of 1:56.06. “That was good,” he admitted. “It is nice coming back here and getting in some racing. For me, tonight, I wanted to swim it a ...

Smoliga won the women’s 100 meter backstroke race with a time of 59.49 seconds in a very stacked field. Regan Smith finished in second place clocking 59.50 seconds, and Kathleen Baker came in third ...

Ryan Murphy is an Olympic medalist, once again. The Team USA swimmer just earned his seventh Olympic medal at the Paris Games. Murphy, 29, won third place in the 100-meter backstroke race. Thomas ...

PARIS -- Phoebe Bacon got one step closer to Olympic glory on Thursday. The Badger swimmer finished with the best time in the 200-meter backstroke semifinals and will have a shot at gold on Friday.

When Regan Smith raced to a world record of 54.02 in the 100-meter backstroke at last year’s World Short Course Championships in Budapest, there were expectations for a career-best performance. On ...