{"id":520650,"date":"2023-01-04T13:50:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T20:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=520650"},"modified":"2023-01-04T13:50:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T20:50:12","slug":"south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An international swimming medal belonging to <strong>Joan Harrison<\/strong> that had been feared stolen has been recovered by her family, according to social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison \u2013 now <strong>Joan Breetzke<\/strong> \u2013 had been keeping a gold medal from the 1954 Commonwealth Games (then, the British Empire Games) at the house of her grandson, <strong>Craig Murray,<\/strong> in East London, South Africa. The house was burgled in December, and Murray feared the medal was among those taken. He posted to social media for help recovering the medal.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, that medal and another from the same meet were recovered nearby by someone who had seen the post.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcraig.murray.5688%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02y5norZHCFzvnZfaT8ST2qyMyAg1i3MTKThhahHUKZd89vZBjx84SMzEjiZ1mEYjdl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The story was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidethegames.biz\/articles\/1132154\/harrison-olympic-gold-recovered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported by Inside The Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy gran could not stop smiling when we broke the news to her,\u201d Murphy wrote. \u201cShe could not believe that it was recovered!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, 87, won two golds, a silver and a bronze at the 1954 British Empire Games in Vancouver. (The silver medal is in the 3&#215;100-yard medley relay, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/butterfly-then-and-now-a-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before butterfly became its own discipline<\/a>). She also won gold in the 440-yard freestyle and bronze in the 110-yard free at the 1950 meet in Auckland. She was just 14 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison became the first South African woman to win an Olympic swimming gold medal when the claimed the 100-meter backstroke at the 1952 Games in Helsinki. She retired from swimming at age 17 to focus on her field hockey career, but returned to win national titles in 1956, though she did not qualify for the Olympics that hear. Harrison was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ishof.org\/honoree\/honoree-joan-harrison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1982<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal An international swimming medal belonging to Joan Harrison that had been feared stolen has been recovered by her family, according to social<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":324247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[66113,10],"tags":[124866,123753,131915,9949,17800,131914,124869,1086],"class_list":["post-520650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ishof","category-world","tag-1952-olympics","tag-african-swimming","tag-helsinki-olympics","tag-international-swimming-hall-of-fame","tag-ishof","tag-joan-breetzke","tag-joan-harrison","tag-south-africa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An international swimming medal belonging to Joan Harrison that had been feared stolen has been recovered by her family.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An international swimming medal belonging to Joan Harrison that had been feared stolen has been recovered by her family.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdoctormd\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\"},\"headline\":\"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/\"},\"wordCount\":273,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1952 Olympics\",\"African swimming\",\"Helsinki Olympics\",\"International Swimming Hall of Fame\",\"ISHOF\",\"Joan Breetzke\",\"Joan Harrison\",\"South Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISHOF\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/\",\"name\":\"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"An international swimming medal belonging to Joan Harrison that had been feared stolen has been recovered by her family.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Chandler Brandes\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\",\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal","description":"An international swimming medal belonging to Joan Harrison that had been feared stolen has been recovered by her family.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal","og_description":"An international swimming medal belonging to Joan Harrison that had been feared stolen has been recovered by her family.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sportsdoctormd","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3"},"headline":"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal","datePublished":"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/"},"wordCount":273,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg","keywords":["1952 Olympics","African swimming","Helsinki Olympics","International Swimming Hall of Fame","ISHOF","Joan Breetzke","Joan Harrison","South Africa"],"articleSection":["ISHOF","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/","name":"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-04T20:50:12+00:00","description":"An international swimming medal belonging to Joan Harrison that had been feared stolen has been recovered by her family.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg","width":800,"height":500,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Chandler Brandes"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympian-joan-harrison-recovers-stolen-medal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3","name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer"},"description":"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com","https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Chandler Brandes","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lane-line-pool.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2brA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}