﻿{"id":193314,"date":"2016-04-04T12:52:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T19:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=193314"},"modified":"2016-04-04T12:53:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T19:53:58","slug":"travel-to-the-rio-olympics-via-usa-swimming-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/travel-to-the-rio-olympics-via-usa-swimming-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel To The RIO Olympics VIA USA Swimming Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"width: 100.0%; mso-cellspacing: 0in; background: #091F40; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"_x0000_i1038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ctctcdn.com\/letters\/images\/1101116784221\/S.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"5\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 472.5pt; 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Come see our\u00a0swimmers compete for medals and glory on the international stage with\u00a0a travel package from the USA Swimming Foundation. With great\u00a0accommodations, world-famous beaches like Copacabana and Ipanema as\u00a0the background, imagine all the excitement as our swimmers compete\u00a0for a place in sports history!<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #001a81;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #00b0d4;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #001a81;\"><br \/>\nSummer Olympic\u00a0Games &#8211; USA Swimming Foundation\u00a0Travel Opportunity<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #001a81;\">Package Includes<br \/>\nthe following from August 4 through August 10, 2016: <\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; 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