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 ...

Throughout his respected career in swimming, Peirsol won five Olympic gold medals, as well as two Olympic silver medals for Team USA. “That felt good,” he admitted. “I remember asking myself after my ...

ROME — Aaron Peirsol smashed his own world record in the 200-meter backstroke Friday, looking every bit like a swimmer who was taking out his frustrations with every whirl of the arms. He turned in an ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROME, July 31 -- More rested, more motivated and more focused. Aaron Peirsol figured he might have been all of those for Friday's 200-meter backstroke final after a miscalculation kept him out of the ...

He won, lost and won again. All in the same night, all in the same race. Of the three Olympic gold medals captured Thursday by American swimmers, the one that finally found its place around the neck ...

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 ...

ROME (Reuters) - Backstroke ace Aaron Peirsol expects another world record to fall in the 100 meters final later this week after being pushed hard by Spanish and Japanese rivals in Monday's world ...

Peirsol, ranked No. 2 in the world in the 100 back, swam a 55.89, less than a second behind top qualifier and United States teammate Randall Bal’s time of 54.93. Australian Josh Watson grabbed hold of ...

Ann Meyers Drysdale sat on a couch in the Diamond Club Lounge at Angel Stadium on Thursday evening, catching up with good friend Cheryl Miller and proving that sports stars from UCLA and USC can ...