{"id":292169,"date":"2018-01-14T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=292169"},"modified":"2018-01-14T07:57:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T14:57:26","slug":"first-leg-of-south-africa-swimming-grand-prix-wraps-up-in-nelspruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/first-leg-of-south-africa-swimming-grand-prix-wraps-up-in-nelspruit\/","title":{"rendered":"First Leg Of South Africa Swimming Grand Prix Wraps Up In Nelspruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Day One<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nelspruit leg of the SA Grand Prix got off to a flying start today with the Open Water swimmers in action at the Longmere Dam in Whiteriver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 10km event, it was Olympian Michelle Weber that came out on top in a fast\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_1131909970\">1:57:28.95<\/span>, 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