{"id":315347,"date":"2018-06-23T12:57:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T19:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=315347"},"modified":"2018-06-23T13:00:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T20:00:43","slug":"aussie-olympian-shane-gould-to-compete-on-australian-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aussie-olympian-shane-gould-to-compete-on-australian-survivor\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Olympian Shane Gould to Compete on Australian Survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned Australian Olympian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=Shane+Gould\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shane Gould<\/strong><\/a> is slated to appear on the newest season of <em>Australian Survivor<\/em>, a spinoff of the American reality tv series, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/tv-and-radio\/olympic-great-shane-gould-aims-to-take-home-the-survivor-gold-20180622-p4zn84.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of 61, Gould will be the oldest competitor on the show, but she may have a home field advantage as the show will be filmed in Fiji, where Gould lived for several years as a child.<\/p>\n<p>She explained to\u00a0<em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>&#8220;I was a free-range kid, we went out snorkelling, swam in rivers and creeks and at beaches, climbed trees, roamed around in cyclones, ate coconuts and mangoes. 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