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 ...

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 ...

Sports agent Leigh Steinberg and Olympic champion Aaron Peirsol are among the honorees for the OC Sports Awards on June 18 at Angel Stadium. Steinberg has represented more than 300 professional ...

ROME - On a night when five more world records fell, Aaron Peirsol still figured he could coast through the semifinals of his signature event. He wanted to save a little energy for the final swim. Big ...

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 ...

Ryan Murphy has won five individual Olympic medals in backstroke events, and now he is beginning the chase for the Los ...

Aaron Peirsol, a senior at Newport Harbor High, broke two world records, one in a relay, and fellow American Lindsay Benko also bettered a mark in the World Short Course Swimming Championships at ...

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 ...

BEIJING — Aaron Peirsol captured his fifth career gold medal, helped lowered a world record and became a part of history this morning in Beijing, China. The former Newport Harbor High standout swam ...