{"id":58359,"date":"2014-06-23T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/?p=58359"},"modified":"2014-06-28T08:47:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T15:47:46","slug":"race-video-be-amazed-at-katie-ledeckys-811-00-world-record-in-800-freestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/race-video-be-amazed-at-katie-ledeckys-811-00-world-record-in-800-freestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Race Video: Be Amazed At Katie Ledecky&#8217;s 8:11.00 World Record In 800 Freestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 23. 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