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Atlantic rowing trio smash world record

25 January 2022

(January 24, 2022) – Three British women, including one with an incurable cancer, have broken the world record for rowing across the Atlantic. After setting off on December 12 from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, the trio today completed the 3,000 mile crossing to English Harbour on the island of Antigua in 42 days, seven hours and 17 minutes, smashing the previous record by seven days. – Full report

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