As anyone who's ever watched a swim competition or the Summer Olympics knows, there's more than one way to move across a pool, lake, or ocean — and each stroke demands something different in terms of ...

Today, we accept that there are four competitive strokes. But when the first rules for competitive swimming were written in the early 19th century, there was only one rule: Whoever swam the fastest ...

The 200 backstroke had become something of a forgotten event for Hubert Kos. The Hungarian had shown early promise in the event, even if a 2:02.58 at age 16 at the 2019 World Junior Championships didn ...