{"id":327990,"date":"2018-09-06T05:47:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T12:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=327990"},"modified":"2018-09-06T09:09:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T16:09:41","slug":"ohio-state-grabs-sri-lankan-national-record-holder-kyle-abeysinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ohio-state-grabs-sri-lankan-national-record-holder-kyle-abeysinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Grabs Sri Lankan National Record Holder Kyle Abeysinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Sri Lankan national record-holder\u00a0<strong>Kyle<\/strong> <strong>Abeysinghe\u00a0<\/strong>will swim\u00a0for Ohio State this upcoming season. He will join his older brother, rising senior\u00a0<strong>Matthew<\/strong> <strong>Abeysinghe,\u00a0<\/strong>in Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>Abeysinghe swam for Killer Whale Aquatics in Sri Lanka and is a member of the National Team. 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