{"id":19225,"date":"2023-05-29T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/uncategorized\/video-aaron-royle-on-finishing-second-at-the-championship-im-happy-but-absolutely-shattered\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:32:30","slug":"video-aaron-royle-on-finishing-second-at-the-championship-im-happy-but-absolutely-shattered","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/video-aaron-royle-on-finishing-second-at-the-championship-im-happy-but-absolutely-shattered\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] Aaron Royle on finishing second at The Championship: &#8216;I&#8217;m happy but absolutely shattered&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Royle was one of the best performing athletes at The Championship last week. Until the very last meters he was competing for the medals and had to fight to secure his second place. 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