Ryan Murphy is officially America’s next backstroke star. The 21-year-old swimmer won the men’s 200 backstroke Thursday night in a time of 1:53.62, three nights after taking gold in the 100 back.

Jack Aikins and Daniel Diehl are among the U.S. swimmers hoping to challenge Hubert Kos in the backstroke events in Fort ...

TOKYO — Ryan Murphy clearly believes there’s more he can say than what he said Friday after taking second in the men’s 200 backstroke, behind Evgeny Rylov of Russia — er, the Russian Olympic Committee ...

The United States' winning streak in the 100-meter backstroke continued Monday as Ryan Murphy won with an Olympic-record 51.97 seconds for the Americans' sixth straight gold medal in the event.