{"id":20458,"date":"2013-11-17T04:11:44","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T04:11:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-11-17T04:11:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T04:11:44","slug":"american-eugene-godsoe-sweeps-backstroke-races-at-world-cup-meet-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=20458","title":{"rendered":"American Eugene Godsoe sweeps backstroke races at World Cup meet in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eugene, who is half Japanese, will be fun to watch in Rio 2016!<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of 10 days at meets in Singapore, Tokyo and Beijing, Godsoe won eight out of nine men&#8217;s backstroke races.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene swept the 50-, 100- and 200-meter backstroke in Singapore and Beijing, and he won the 50 and 100 in Japan. First-place finishes at World Cup meets are worth $1,500 in prize money per race.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i8mQWvM8gfA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Godsoe, an assistant coach at his college alma mater Stanford, won the 50 backstroke in 23.07 seconds Thursday at the 6,000-seat National Aquatics Centre in Beijing. The time is the second-fastest in the world this year and matched Godsoe&#8217;s own season best set in Japan a few days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/blogs\/sports_extra\/article_08d23b16-4d65-11e3-9b88-0019bb30f31a.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eugene, who is half Japanese, will be fun to watch in Rio 2016! 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