{"id":47125,"date":"2014-01-19T13:09:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T20:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/?p=47125"},"modified":"2014-01-19T13:11:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T20:11:16","slug":"video-interview-who-convinced-ous-mellouli-to-move-to-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-interview-who-convinced-ous-mellouli-to-move-to-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Who Convinced Ous Mellouli To Move to Baltimore?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AUSTIN, Texas, January 19. OUS Mellouli has made the cross-country shift to Baltimore to train with the elite squad there, finally making the move after years of thinking about making the change.<\/p>\n

In this media interview on the deck at the Arena Grand Prix in Austin, Mellouli says it was Conor Dwyer who convinced him to consider the new training location last year. Mellouli made it official just recently, and talks about the group of swimmers who are keeping him honest in the pool. Mellouli also talks about keeping open water in his plans for the 2016 Olympics.<\/p>\n