Comparing and Contrasting: The Four Main Swimming Strokes By: Daniel Zeng, Swimming World Intern Swimming obviously has its four main strokes: Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. Some ...

Short course: A term used to describe a pool in which one length measures 25 meters (or 25 yards). Most college pools are short courses, and most events during the winter are held at short-course ...

South Africa's Pieter Coetze is Swimming World's Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year after dazzling in the backstroke events.

Quintin McCarty will have a shot at gold during the World Aquatics Championships. McCarty clocked in at 24.52 seconds during the men’s 50 meter backstroke semifinals Saturday in Singapore to secure a ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: PARIS (AP) — Concerns about the water quality in the Seine River led officials to call off the swimming portion of an Olympic triathlon ...