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Army team finish third in Atlantic rowing challenge By Dominic Musgrave FOUR service personnel have completed the world's toughest rowing race – the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. The Row2Recovery crew of two amputee and two able-bodied soldiers completed the epic 3,000 miles across the Atlantic to the Caribbean island of Antigua in 48 days, nine hours and 13 minutes to finish third overall. The crew was made up of skipper Captain James Kayll, Captain Mark Jenkins, Corporal Cayle Royce and Corporal Scott Blaney. Corporal Royce was wounded in Afghanistan in May 2012 when he stepped on an explosive device which resulted in above-the-knee amputation of both legs and the loss of several fingers on his left hand. Corporal Blaney had to have an above-the-knee amputation, also as
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a result of a bomb-blast in Afghanistan, in 2007.
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Despite their injuries both service personnel are committed to still enjoying life to the full, and that’s why they took on the Atlantic challenge.
And it certainly wasn’t all plain sailing, as when the crew began the race they had to cope with two weeks of storms. The Row2Recovery boat also capsized in the middle of the night when two huge waves crashed into it and the crew and much of their kit was thrown overboard.
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Speaking via a satellite link from the mid-Atlantic, Captain Jenkins said: “It’s been hugely challenging for Scott and Cayle, not just the rowing itself, but things like getting from one end of the boat to the other. “They have shared their hardship and developed a great camaraderie.”
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Richmond property lawyer and lower-limb amputee Georgy Evans is set to embark on a new challenge on the ski slopes, thanks to a specialist prosthetic skiing leg developed and fitted by The London Prosthetic Centre. Georgy was three years old when she lost her leg, after her wellington boot became caught in an escalator of a Kensington High Street store, dragging her leg in and trapping it between the side panel and the moving steps.
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