The 2026 campaign could provide Mollie O'Callaghan with the opportunity to display her underappreciated talent in the backstroke events.

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Thomas Ceccon has held the world record in the men's 100 back since 2017, but Pieter Coetze, Miron Lifintsev & Ceccon all came close in 2025.

TOKYO — It happens so fast. After years of preparation, Lakeville's Regan Smith and her rivals walk to the pool, discard their robes and flip-flops, and dump them into a laundry basket set there by ...

No one was beating Regan Smith in her signature event. Bouncing back from a close-but-no-Olympics call in her first race, Smith set a world record in the women's 100-meter backstroke at the U.S.

Northampton swimmer Erin Voss finished sixth in the finals of the 200-meter backstroke at the US Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Northampton swimmer Erin Voss set a personal best as she ...