{"id":3405,"date":"2024-04-09T10:53:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/?post_type=champion&#038;p=3405"},"modified":"2024-07-23T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:55:35","slug":"simon-harmer","status":"publish","type":"champion","link":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/os-champions\/simon-harmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Harmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<article id=\"block_e76214eab2f743c6a24eca9c05fa900f\" class=\"Champion radial radial--bg-2  c-small default \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"Champion__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/champ2020_simonh_thumb.jpg\" class=\"img skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Simon Harmer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/champ2020_simonh_thumb.jpg 800w, 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