the backstroke requires swimmers to have their face and chest facing out of the water. The breaststroke is more technical. Swimmers’ must move their arms in forward-outward-backward circles ...

Under Rule 2-7-3, if backstroke ledges are used in a competition, identical ledges must be provided by the host team for all lanes. Even if the ledges are available, individual swimmers are not ...

She swept the backstroke events in Tokyo and also claimed ... “I’m not sure if you saw that, because my arms are in absolutely so much pain. But I knew that the crowd is gonna carry me in ...