{"id":15286,"date":"2013-04-12T18:04:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:04:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-04-12T18:04:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:04:34","slug":"Our-favorite-HAPA-swimmers-dominate-the-pool-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15286","title":{"rendered":"Our favorite #HAPA swimmers dominate the pool!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The best swimmers in the nation are in Mesa, Ariz competing in the Arena Grand Prix.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Twelve-time Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin proved she still has much to offer the sport Friday night, swimming a personal best 24.90 seconds at age 30 to win the 50-meter freestyle at the Arena Grand Prix in Mesa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coughlin bettered her previous best 24.92 from 2008 to decisively beat Jessica Hardy (25.38) and Christine Magnuson of Tucson (25.47) on the second of three days at Skyline Aquatic Center.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s now been better than 55 seconds in this race in every meet she\u2019s raced since the Olympics (this is her third).<\/p>\n<p>Why does everyone keep bringing up her age? 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