{"id":448441,"date":"2020-10-05T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=448441"},"modified":"2020-10-05T08:00:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:00:07","slug":"the-week-that-was-china-breaks-first-world-record-of-2020-la-salle-cuts-swim-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-china-breaks-first-world-record-of-2020-la-salle-cuts-swim-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: China Breaks First World Record of 2020; La Salle Cuts Swim Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

The first world record of 2020 fell in the swimming pool last week in Qingdao, China, to the hands of China’s mixed medley relay team that took the USA’s record from the 2017 Worlds. There was speculation 2020 would be the first year without a swimming world record since 1896 with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting major meets all over the world. But China’s national team set the global mark less than a year out from the postponed Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

In USA news, La Salle University became the seventh Division I school to cut swimming and diving this off-season.<\/p>\n

Read below the five biggest stories in The Week That Was sponsored by\u00a0Suitmate<\/a>.<\/p>\n