{"id":421937,"date":"2020-03-11T03:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=421937"},"modified":"2020-03-11T09:56:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:56:25","slug":"ymca-short-course-nationals-cancelled-for-first-time-since-1947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ymca-short-course-nationals-cancelled-for-first-time-since-1947\/","title":{"rendered":"YMCA Short Course Nationals Cancelled For First Time Since 1947"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>YMCA Short Course National Championships<\/strong>\u00a0have been cancelled for the first time since 1947. 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