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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...