{"id":362838,"date":"2026-08-04T21:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362838\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:34:08","slug":"2026-national-lifeguard-championships-taking-place-in-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362838\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 National Lifeguard Championships taking place in Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0August 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 A competition for lifeguards is happening this week in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/04\/el-campeonato-nacional-de-salvavidas-de-2026-se-celebrara-en-fort-lauderdale\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/04\/el-campeonato-nacional-de-salvavidas-de-2026-se-celebrara-en-fort-lauderdale\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">More than 1,000 of the best professional and junior lifeguards are taking part in the 2026 National Lifeguard Championships. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The competition will run for several days and is \u201cdesigned to test the same swimming, running, paddling, rescue and lifesaving skills lifeguards use every day to protect beachgoers,\u201d according to organizers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10\u2019s Jason Carter was there, and his full report can be seen at the top of this page. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jason Carter\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/7003d7c1-78cd-4505-b1d0-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jason Carter<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jason Carter is no stranger to the small screen. Whether it\u2019s covering red carpets for some of Hollywood\u2019s biggest outlets or tackling hard-hitting issues, Jason expertly bridges the gap between celebrity and news.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM Updated:\u00a0August 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 A competition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-362838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}