{"id":21704,"date":"2009-07-17T12:13:58","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T17:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2009\/07\/fina-world-championships-diving-china-dominates-first-day\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T06:34:08","slug":"fina-world-championships-diving-china-dominates-first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-championships-diving-china-dominates-first-day\/","title":{"rendered":"FINA World Championships, Diving: China Dominates First Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/specialevents\/2009WorldChampionships target=_blank>Click here for the latest Swimming World coverage of the FINA World Championships, including full results and recaps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.universalsports.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=11652&#038;DB_OEM_ID=23000&#038;ATCLID=3758469 target=_blank>UniversalSports.com Daily Coverage, including webcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ROME, Italy, July 17. 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