ATHENS, GREECE - Aaron Peirsol has been the best backstroker in the world for the past three years. The seven competitors who joined him in the pool at the Olympic Aquatic Center on Thursday evening ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Aaron Peirsol stood on the deck of the Olympic pool, waiting for his gold medal to be confirmed on the scoreboard. A mere formality. The world's greatest backstroker had touched the ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Aaron Peirsol waved his arms in disbelief, then ran the race through his mind, trying to figure out what he did wrong. The most dominant backstroker in the world had somehow made a ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Michael Phelps is not unbeatable. Not when he's going against Aaron Peirsol. The world-record holder and two-time Olympic champion handed Phelps his first defeat in almost a year, ...

ROME, July 27 -- Two weeks ago, U.S. swimmer Aaron Peirsol knocked off the world record in the 100-meter backstroke, then followed that by regaining the world mark in the 200 backstroke. The only ...

For 17 years, Aaron Peirsol has held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke, a 1:51.92 performance from the 2009 World Championships never challenged. But on Tuesday night at the European ...

As we await the start of the collegiate campaign and next month’s World Cup action in North America, Swimming World will run a series titled, “Are You Kidding?” This mini project of short articles is ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 11 -- Aaron Peirsol lowered his own world record in the 200-meter backstroke Monday, then helped his American teammates set a world mark in the 400 medley relay on the last night of ...