﻿{"id":228669,"date":"2016-11-09T12:46:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T19:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=228669"},"modified":"2016-11-09T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T19:48:20","slug":"hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian Government Taking Back Powers from Olympic Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) will have less power in key decision-making and in the Budapest 2024 bid moving forward after a series of Parliamentary legislation passed. The Hungarian government will now control all monetary and planning decisions as well as executive appointments related to Olympic sports.<\/p>\n<p>The efforts of the MOB will now relate exclusively to commercial and marketing opportunities as well as logistical planning for Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>According to InsideTheGames.biz, the move comes in response to a disappointing performance at the Olympics in Rio, where Hungary finished 12th overall with eight gold medals, three silvers and four bronze. But the country&#8217;s swimmers definitely did their part, contributing three gold (all by\u00a0<strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong>), two silver (one each from Hosszu and\u00a0<strong>Laszlo Cseh<\/strong>) and one bronze (<strong>Tamas Kenderesi<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bal\u00e1zs<\/strong> <strong>F\u00fcrjes<\/strong>, in charge of Budapest&#8217;s bid to host the 2024 Summer Games,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>expressed continued optimism about the city&#8217;s chances of winning next year&#8217;s vote in Peru.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;The Budapest Bid looks forward to continuing good relationships with our friends at the HOC, the Government and the City of Budapest. We are united in the quest to secure the honour of hosting the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.\u00a0The vision of an Olympic Games in Budapest in 2024 is a source of great national pride.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>InsideTheGames.biz explains that the change in structure breaks from the pattern of delegating more responsibility to National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and\u00a0that the International Olympic Committee may disapprove of some of these changes, having put in place strict rules about NOCs being independent from government.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click here to read more from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidethegames.biz\/articles\/1043490\/hungarian-government-to-replace-national-olympic-committee-in-making-key-sporting-decisions-amid-budapest-2024-bid\" target=\"_blank\">InsideTheGames.biz<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) will have less power in key decision-making and in the Budapest 2024 bid moving forward after a series of Parliamentary legislation passed. The Hungarian government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":216718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[58198,1031,195,141,25129,26831,40479],"class_list":["post-228669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-2024-olympic-games","tag-budapest","tag-hungarian-olympic-committee","tag-hungary","tag-katinka-hosszu","tag-laszlo-cseh","tag-tamas-kenderesi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Hungarian Olympic Committee Losing Powers to National Government<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Hungarian Olympic Committee has been stripped of much of its power as the national government takes control over Olympic decisions.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hungarian Government Taking Back Powers from Olympic Committee\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Hungarian Olympic Committee has been stripped of much of its power as the national government takes control over Olympic decisions.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-09T19:46:15+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-11-09T19:48:20+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2055\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1215\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@David_Rieder\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\"},\"headline\":\"Hungarian Government Taking Back Powers from Olympic Committee\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-09T19:46:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-09T19:48:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/\"},\"wordCount\":279,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2024 Olympic Games\",\"Budapest\",\"Hungarian Olympic Committee\",\"Hungary\",\"Katinka Hosszu\",\"Laszlo Cseh\",\"Tamas Kenderesi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/\",\"name\":\"Hungarian Olympic Committee Losing Powers to National Government\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-09T19:46:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-09T19:48:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Hungarian Olympic Committee has been stripped of much of its power as the national government takes control over Olympic decisions.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg\",\"width\":2055,\"height\":1215,\"caption\":\"Laszlo Cseh - Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hungarian Government Taking Back Powers from Olympic Committee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\",\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hungarian Olympic Committee Losing Powers to National Government","description":"The Hungarian Olympic Committee has been stripped of much of its power as the national government takes control over Olympic decisions.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hungarian Government Taking Back Powers from Olympic Committee","og_description":"The Hungarian Olympic Committee has been stripped of much of its power as the national government takes control over Olympic decisions.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2016-11-09T19:46:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-11-09T19:48:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2055,"height":1215,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@David_Rieder","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/"},"author":{"name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af"},"headline":"Hungarian Government Taking Back Powers from Olympic Committee","datePublished":"2016-11-09T19:46:15+00:00","dateModified":"2016-11-09T19:48:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/"},"wordCount":279,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg","keywords":["2024 Olympic Games","Budapest","Hungarian Olympic Committee","Hungary","Katinka Hosszu","Laszlo Cseh","Tamas Kenderesi"],"articleSection":["World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/","name":"Hungarian Olympic Committee Losing Powers to National Government","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg","datePublished":"2016-11-09T19:46:15+00:00","dateModified":"2016-11-09T19:48:20+00:00","description":"The Hungarian Olympic Committee has been stripped of much of its power as the national government takes control over Olympic decisions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg","width":2055,"height":1215,"caption":"Laszlo Cseh - Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungarian-government-taking-back-powers-from-olympic-committee\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hungarian Government Taking Back Powers from Olympic Committee"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af","name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"David Rieder - Senior Writer"},"description":"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tamas-kenderesi-200-fly-prelims-2016-rio-olympics.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-Xud","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}