{"id":23165,"date":"2015-09-16T06:07:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T06:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=23165"},"modified":"2015-09-16T06:07:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T06:07:55","slug":"discussing-the-discus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=23165","title":{"rendered":"Discussing the Discus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><strong>Discussing the Discus:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Abhishek Parashar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; color: #222222; 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