Sharks and all, Olympic kayaker Shannon Reynolds trains in Gold Coast canals

When surfing star Mick Fanning escaped a shark attack in South Africa's J-Bay Open surf contest, millions of people were watching.

But kayaker Shannon Reynold's shark encounter on the Gold Coast was a much more solitary affair.

The Olympian, 26, who lists Fanning as one of her sporting heroes, was training in the murky canals at Broadbeach when her kayak was bumped by a bull shark.

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