{"id":144950,"date":"2015-07-18T16:25:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T23:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=144950"},"modified":"2015-07-18T16:25:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T23:25:48","slug":"dancing-queen-sierra-schmidt-blasts-800-free-pan-american-games-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dancing-queen-sierra-schmidt-blasts-800-free-pan-american-games-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing Queen Sierra Schmidt Blasts 800 Free Pan American Games Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Coverage of the 2015 Pan American Games is sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tritonwear.com\/swpanams1\">Triton Wear<\/a>. 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