{"id":517930,"date":"2022-12-14T04:05:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=517930"},"modified":"2022-12-16T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T20:37:00","slug":"word-championships-day-two-finals-age-no-barrier-for-nicholas-santos-who-strikes-50-fly-gold-at-42-years-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/word-championships-day-two-finals-age-no-barrier-for-nicholas-santos-who-strikes-50-fly-gold-at-42-years-young\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day Two Finals: Age No Barrier For Nicholas Santos, Who Strikes 50 Fly Gold at 42 Years Young In His Final Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World Championships, Day Two Finals: Age No Barrier For Nicholas Santos, Who Strikes 50 Fly Gold at 42 Years Young In His Final Race<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ageless Brazilian <strong>Nicholas Santos<\/strong>, swimming in his 10<sup>th<\/sup> World Swimming 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