{"id":223085,"date":"2016-03-15T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=223085"},"modified":"2016-03-15T06:00:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T20:00:03","slug":"swim-leg-2016-xterra-saipan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/swim-leg-2016-xterra-saipan\/","title":{"rendered":"Swim Leg of 2016 XTERRA Saipan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-223085 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/swim-leg-2016-xterra-saipan\/swim1\/'>swim1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-223090'>\n\t\t\t\tAustralian pro Brodie Gardner runs along the shore to head back to the waters off Micro Beach for the second and final lap of the 1.5-kilometer swim leg in last Saturday\u2019s 2016 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