{"id":627776,"date":"2018-05-12T12:18:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T16:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=627776"},"modified":"2018-05-12T12:18:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T16:18:59","slug":"high-tech-swimsuits-create-a-parental-arms-race-at-the-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=627776","title":{"rendered":"High-tech swimsuits create a &#8216;parental arms race&#8217; at the pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/young-swimmers-may-have-to-wait-to-dress-like-katie-ledecky\/17548223\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcache.wralsportsfan.com\/asset\/2018\/05\/11\/17548709\/85fdb0fb-1c0d-4ae7-9d03-6e56ec142a5c-DMID1-5eqzylgls-80x60.jpg\" alt=\"High-Tech Suits Create a \u2018Parental Arms Race' at the Pool\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>PACIFICA, Calif. &#8212; Some swimmers at a meet here this year stood atop the racing blocks in high-tech, shoulder-to-knee suits like those worn by Olympians. The suits, which can cost as much as $500, are believed to increase speed by 1 to 2 percent for mature athletes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/young-swimmers-may-have-to-wait-to-dress-like-katie-ledecky\/17548223\/\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/young-swimmers-may-have-to-wait-to-dress-like-katie-ledecky\/17548223\/\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"High-tech swimsuits create a 'parental arms race' at the pool\">WRAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PACIFICA, Calif. &#8212; Some swimmers at a meet here this year stood atop the racing blocks in high-tech, shoulder-to-knee suits like those worn by Olympians&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","wpcat-79-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=627776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=627776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=627776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=627776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}