{"id":244359,"date":"2017-03-03T08:20:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T15:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=244359"},"modified":"2017-03-03T08:20:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T15:20:18","slug":"katie-meili-joins-kevin-cordes-as-new-speedo-swimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-meili-joins-kevin-cordes-as-new-speedo-swimmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Meili Joins Kevin Cordes as New Speedo Swimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Katie Meili<\/strong> has joined\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kevin-cordes-posts-on-instagram-that-he-signed-with-speedo\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kevin Cordes<\/strong><\/a> as a new Speedo-sponsored athlete, as she posted a photo of herself in Speedo gear to her twitter page. 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