Kaitlin Harty finished with a winning time of 2:10.38, beating her personal best time by 4 seconds. Megan Romano finished in 2nd place.
Ryan Lochte finished with a time of 1:59.93 while Ryan Murphy went on to get the win finishing with a time of 1:59.93. Lochte took 3rd earlier in the 200IM.
Ryan Lochte finished with a time of 55.48 but it was not good enough to beat the winner of the event Andrew Teduits who finished with a time of 54.43.
After a victory Saturday in the 200m backstroke, Matt Grevers took home another win for the Americans, finishing with a time of 53.75.
The reigning Olympic champion and record holder Missy Franklin (USA) added to her long list of victories for the weekend, finishing the Backstroke with a time of 1:00.00.
Matt Grevers (USA) won with a time of 1:58.84, beating out second place Tyler Clary (USA) by 2.18 seconds. Grevers won the gold medal in the 100 meter Backstroke at the 2012 Olympics.
The 17-year-old phenom never ceases to amaze as she picked up her second win of the day, finishing with a time of 2:07.31. Missy Franklin (USA) also holds the World Record for the event.
Clary (USA) won his first Olympic medal and it was gold, setting an Olympic record at 1:53.41, as well as beating Ryosuke Irie (JPN) by .37 seconds. Ryan Lochte (USA) took bronze.
USA swimmer Missy Franklin reacts after the women’s 200m backstroke final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre. Franklin won the gold medal setting a new world record at 2:04.06. (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports) LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – American teenager Missy Franklin confirmed her arrival as the new queen of the […]
Teenage sensation Franklin (USA), the 200m world champion (short and long), won her first Olympic title by .35 seconds, setting a new American record at 58.33 seconds.
Grevers won another Gold for Team USA, with a finishing time of 52.16 seconds, .24 seconds faster than his teammate Nick Thoman, who landed in second.
United States’ Matthew Grevers starts in a men’s 100-meter backstroke swimming heat at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) – Matt Grevers collected his first individual gold medal on Monday when he led an American […]
United States’ Missy Franklin starts in the women’s 100-meter backstroke swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) – Missy Franklin lived up to her billing as the next big thing in women’s swimming when […]
Matt Grevers heads to his second Olympics, posting 52.08, .14 seconds off the world record. Nick Thoman will join Grevers in London, .78 seconds behind.
At 1:58.09, 16 year old Ryan Murphy wins the 200m backstroke by just .03 seconds over Omar Pinzon.
At 2:09.41 Pelton wins the 200m Backstroke over Stephanie Proud by 1.17 seconds, Elizabeth Beisel was 7th.
Ryan Lochte finished with a time of 54.75, tying him in third with Mathias Gydesen. Thomas Nick won the event .by 80 seconds over Lochte.
Missy Franklin finished with a time of 59.89, beating 2nd place Stephani Au by . 41 seconds, during the Indy Grand Prix @ the Nat at the Indiana University Natatorium.
United States’ veteran and Olympic champion, Michael Phelps, took control of the 200m Backstroke during the 2011 FINA World Cup series in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.
Courtesy of http://www.usaswimming.org Olympic gold medalists Breeja Larson (Mesa, Ariz.), Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) and Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif.) were victorious on the final night of the Arena Grand Prix at Mesa on Saturday. Hometown favorite Larson won the 100-meter breaststroke in front of a sold-out crowd at the Skyline Aquatic Center. She touched the […]
After suffering defeat in the 200m freestyle, Missy Franklin, the world record holder, bounced back to win the 200m Backstroke. She won by 3.02 seconds over Elizabeth Pelton.
17 year old World Record holder Missy Franklin sweeps the backstroke winning the 100m and now the 200m by 2.64 seconds, at 2:08.47
Tyler Clary, the Olympic 200m backstroke champion, gets the win in the Butterfly by 1.38 seconds, posting a time of 1:59.42.
Courtesy of usaswimming.org AUSTIN, Texas – Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) finished the Arena Austin Grand Prix by adding another win to their collection over the three-day meet in Austin, Texas and the Joe and Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Lochte won the 200m medley in 2:00.98 beating out Tyler Clary […]
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European Champion Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) gets his first World title in the Men’s 200m Backstroke, beating Ryan Lochte (USA) by just .02 seconds.
The 2010 short course winner Jing Zhao (CHN) returned and repeated, beating Olivia Smoliga (USA) by .18 seconds in the 50m Backstroke.
Dec 16 (Reuters) – American swimmer Ryan Lochte ended his world short-course championships on a high in Istanbul on Sunday, when he took gold in the 4×100 meters medley and 100 meters individual medley to take his overall medal tally to eight. Lochte swam the free leg of the 4×100 medley and guided the Americans […]
Robert Hurley (AUS) wins his first championship title in the Men’s 50m Backstroke, beating American Matt Grevers by .13 seconds.
2011 Junior champion Daryna Zevina (UKR) holds off Bonnie Brandon (USA) by .95 seconds to win the Women’s 200m Backstroke.
ISTANBUL, Turkey – The United States extended their total medal count to 11 by placing in seven events on the second night of the 2012 FINA World Championships. Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.), Olivia Smoliga (Glenview, Ill.) and the men’s 4x200m free relay team each walked away from the Sinan Erdem Arena in Istanbul, Turkey […]
Olivia Smoliga (USA) failed to quaifiy for the Olympic Games, but claimed the World champion spot in the Women’s 100m Backstroke, at 56.64 seconds, winning by .43.
The Olympic champ, Matt Grevers (USA), becomes a short course World Champ in the Men’s 100m Backstroke, winning by .02 seconds.
Ryan Lochte of USA poses with his Gold medal after winning the Men’s 200m Individual Medley on day three of the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex on December 17, 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) Courtesy of http://www.fina.org Ryan Lochte […]
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (L) shakes hands with New Zealand’s Melissa Ingram after the women’s 400m freestyle final during the FINA Swimming World Cup 2012 in Dubai, October 3, 2012. (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah) Courtesy of FINA.org October 3, 2012 DUBAI – Chad Le Clos may have been king of the pool with his six golds in Dubai […]
Sweden’s Therese Alshammar competes in the women’s 100m butterfly final during the FINA Swimming World Cup 2012 in Dubai, October 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah) Courtesy of FINA.org October 2, 2012 DUBAI – Post-Olympic holidays from swimming were a thing of the past tonight as the big names returned to the pool tonight for their first […]
Franklin (USA) won the first Olympic medal in the Women’s 200m backstroke for the United States in 40 years, with a world record time of 2:04.06 – beating the old three year old record by .75 seconds. Elizabeth Beisel (USA) took the bronze.
Michael Phelps (USA) competes in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre. (Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports) By Julian Linden LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps ended his incredible Olympic career on the perfect note on Saturday, winning his 18th gold medal for the United States in […]
AUSA swimmer Dana Vollmer (left), Rebecca Soni (center), and Missy Franklin (right) celebrate as they win the gold medal setting a new world record at 3:52.05 in the women’s 4x100m medley relay final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre. (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports) LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – American teenager Missy […]
Michael Phelps (USA), right, is congratulated by Chad le Clos (RSA), left, after winning the men’s 100m butterfly final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre. (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports) By Julian Linden LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps showed no signs of complacency on the eve of his retirement and provided […]
(L to R) Clement Lefert – Yannick Agnel – Amaury Leveaux – Fabien Gilot celebrate after winning the gold medal in the men’s 4x100m freestyle finals during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre. (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports) By Julian Linden LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) – Ryan Lochte, Sun Yang and Yannick Agnel will […]
It was a 12-day mini-Olympics, a stretch ending July 1 that delighted us with the overlapping U.S. trials for track and field, swimming and gymnastics. Out of these 12 days of Christmas-in-summer came the rosters for perhaps the three most high-profile sports at the Games. We were served heaping helpings of high-end performance, along with […]
Will Missy “The Missile” Franklin become the new star of swimming after the 17-year-old U.S. newcomer won 3 golds at the Worlds? And will her parents’ Canadian citizenship be revoked because she chose the U.S. team over Canada? (Photo by AP) By Mike Tierney, Special to Universal Sports Quickie quiz: Which U.S. swimmer is 6-foot-1 […]
Ryan Lochte (R) and Michael Phelps check their times after swimming in their men’s 200m individual medley during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska, June 29, 2012. (REUTERS/Jeff Haynes) By Julian Linden OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5 (Reuters) – Ryan Lochte is either a man on a mission or a masochist. The London Olympics […]
Back from the U.S. Swimming Trials in Omaha, and the big star from the women’s swimming team was seventeen-year-old Missy Franklin. She qualified in four individual events, including her signature race, the 200m backstroke.
Michael Phelps (left) and Tyler McGrill pose for a photo after being selected to the USA Olympic team for 100m butterfly final in the 2012 U.S. Olympic swimming team trials at the CenturyLink Center. (Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRE) By Julian Linden OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps finished off his preparations for his Olympic […]
Michael Phelps and Davis Tarwater, left, swim in the men’s 100-meter butterfly preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) By Julian Linden OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps celebrated his 27th birthday on Saturday by setting the fastest qualifying time in his […]
Michael Phelps swims the men’s 200m butterfly final during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska, June 28, 2012. (REUTERS/Jeff Haynes) By Julian Linden OMAHA, Nebraska, June 28 (Reuters) – After years of keeping everyone guessing, Michael Phelps has finally revealed his intentions for London, and no one should be surprised. The greatest Olympian […]
In the Women’s 100m Backstroke, Missy Franklin punches her ticket to London by breaking the American record by .09 seconds, posting a 58.85. Rachel Bootsma heads to London as well.
Natalie Coughlin swims her heat in the women’s 100m backstroke during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska, June 26, 2012. (REUTERS/Jeff Haynes) By Julian Linden OMAHA, Nebraska, June 27 (Reuters) – If the experts are right, Missy Franklin is already on her way to becoming the next big thing in women’s swimming. But […]
Michael Phelps swims in the men’s 200-meter butterfly preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) By Julian Linden OMAHA, Nebraska, June 27 (Reuters) – Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin safely navigated their way to another semi-final at the U.S. Olympic trials on Wednesday while […]
Ryan Lochte starts his men’s 200m freestyle heat during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska, June 26, 2012. (REUTERS/Jeff Haynes) By Julian Linden OMAHA, Nebraska, June 26 (Reuters) – Ryan Lochte outswam Michael Phelps for the second day in a row to set the fastest qualifying time for the 200 meters freestyle at […]
In this July 25, 2011, file photo, Michael Phelps, foreground, and Ryan Lochte look at the scoreboard after their races in a heat of the men’s 200m Freestyle event at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China. Phelps and Lochte renew their rivalry at next week’s U.S. Olympic trials, where both swimmers are entered […]
Aug. 3, 2011: Missy Franklin wins the 100m backstroke for her first career national title at the U.S. Swimming Championships in Palo Alto, Calif.
Missy Franklin wins the women’s 100m backstroke at the USA Swimming Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
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