{"id":267459,"date":"2017-07-23T02:28:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T09:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=267459"},"modified":"2017-07-23T05:12:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T12:12:58","slug":"katie-ledecky-takes-down-championship-record-in-400-free-prelims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-takes-down-championship-record-in-400-free-prelims\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Takes Down Championship Record in 400 Free Prelims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In her first race of the week at the FINA World Championships,\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> is already breaking records. 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