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 ...

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. FOR two rounds, Aaron Peirsol toyed with his competition. He did what was necessary to get through the prelims, then picked up the pace a bit in the semifinal round. In the ...

Aaron Peirsol celebrates victory in the men’s 100-meter backstroke with a world-record time of 52.89 seconds at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday. OMAHA, Neb. — Michael Phelps ...

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 ...

An Aug. 17 Sports article should have listed Austrian swimmer Markus Rogan's high school as Mount Vernon. (Published 8/18/04) ATHENS, Aug. 16 -- By the time Natalie Coughlin stepped to the starting ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Michael Phelps got the Americans rolling by smashing Ian Thorpe's world record in the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships. His teammates didn't let him down, either.

ROME (Reuters) - World and Olympic champion Aaron Peirsol failed to qualify for the 100 meters backstroke final at the world swimming championships after finishing ninth overall in Monday's ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Aaron Peirsol has set a world record in the 100-meter backstroke, beating a strong field at the U.S. Olympic trials with a time of 52.89 seconds. Peirsol broke the record of 52.98 he set ...