{"id":113578,"date":"2014-11-05T00:02:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T07:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=113578"},"modified":"2014-11-04T15:37:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T22:37:48","slug":"alex-valentes-encounter-chad-le-clos-among-highlights-asia-trip-morning-swim-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alex-valentes-encounter-chad-le-clos-among-highlights-asia-trip-morning-swim-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Valente&#8217;s Encounter With Chad Le Clos Among Highlights of Asia Trip (Morning Swim Show)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Griffin Scott<\/p>\n<p>PHOENIX \u2013 JUNIOR Pan Pacific champion Alex Valente joins today&#8217;s edition of <i>The Morning Swim Show<\/i> shortly after returning from Asia, where he competed in two World Cup meets. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XzGcmeuZVCw?rel=0&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<b>YouTube Measures Views Only For Episodes Watched On YouTube<br \/>\nSubscribe to our YouTube channel, SwimmingWorldSPI<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Valente\u2019s goal was to compete in a championship final, and he did that in the 100 fly in Singapore. He talks about his encounter with Chad Le Clos in the ready room and the lessons he learned about race preparation that is vastly different from what he\u2019s experienced. This has been a special year for Valente in the pool, with national age group records and multiple wins on his record. 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