{"id":216670,"date":"2016-08-08T10:01:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T17:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=216670"},"modified":"2016-08-08T10:46:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T17:46:52","slug":"cupping-understanding-phelps-and-his-purple-bruises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cupping-understanding-phelps-and-his-purple-bruises\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupping: Understanding Phelps And His Purple Bruises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late Sunday night\u00a0<strong>Michael Phelps\u00a0<\/strong>emerged from the ready room for the finals of the men&#8217;s 4&#215;100 freestyle relay. 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