{"id":162867,"date":"2015-12-04T11:52:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T18:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=162867"},"modified":"2015-12-04T11:52:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T18:52:49","slug":"new-velocity-starting-platform-series-from-s-r-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/new-velocity-starting-platform-series-from-s-r-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"New Velocity Starting Platform Series from S.R. 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