{"id":315208,"date":"2018-06-27T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=315208"},"modified":"2018-06-27T14:02:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T21:02:45","slug":"swimming-trends-and-challenges-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-trends-and-challenges-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming Trends and Challenges on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kate Walter,\u00a0Swimming World Intern.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Over the past few years there has been an explosion of social media trends in the swimming community. Swimmers of all ages flock to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter to post videos of themselves participating in a certain challenge. Olympians have even joined in on the fun, encouraging thousands of their followers to keep the hashtag alive. Here are some of the most popular trends and challenges in the swimming world from the past year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Belly Flop Challenge<\/span><\/h2>\n
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