{"id":531829,"date":"2023-07-06T03:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T10:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=531829"},"modified":"2023-07-06T04:06:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:06:24","slug":"john-shortt-lowers-irish-senior-200-back-record-to-158-65-at-european-juniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/john-shortt-lowers-irish-senior-200-back-record-to-158-65-at-european-juniors\/","title":{"rendered":"John Shortt Lowers Irish Senior 200 Back Record To 1:58.65 At European Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Sixteen-Year-Old John Shortt Lowers Irish Senior 200 Back Record To 1:58.65 At European Juniors<\/h4>\n<p><strong>John Shortt<\/strong> set an Irish 200m backstroke record of 1:58.65 at the <strong>European Juniors<\/strong> in Belgrade, three months after the 16-year-old broke the two-minute barrier for the first time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a 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