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Olympic rower Alex Gregory trains Atlantic bid amateurs | Olympic rower Alex Gregory trains Atlantic bid amateurs |
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Olympic gold medallist Alex Gregory is helping to train two amateur rowers in their bid to cross the Atlantic. | Olympic gold medallist Alex Gregory is helping to train two amateur rowers in their bid to cross the Atlantic. |
Nick Rees from Rowledge in Surrey and Ed Curtis from Anglesey will start their journey in December. | Nick Rees from Rowledge in Surrey and Ed Curtis from Anglesey will start their journey in December. |
The friends, who are both 37, are hoping to raise £250,000 for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. | The friends, who are both 37, are hoping to raise £250,000 for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. |
Gregory, who won gold in the men's coxless four at London 2012, will train the men at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. | Gregory, who won gold in the men's coxless four at London 2012, will train the men at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. |
The pair will depart on their 3,000-mile Atlantic trip from the Canary Islands on 2 Dec and are expected to arrive in Antigua at the end of January. | The pair will depart on their 3,000-mile Atlantic trip from the Canary Islands on 2 Dec and are expected to arrive in Antigua at the end of January. |
Mr Rees, whose 37-year-old wife Ellen was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, said during the trip he and Mr Curtis would row their 24ft (7m)-long boat 24 hours a day - taking it in turns to row two hours on, and two off. | Mr Rees, whose 37-year-old wife Ellen was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, said during the trip he and Mr Curtis would row their 24ft (7m)-long boat 24 hours a day - taking it in turns to row two hours on, and two off. |
The men will train with Gregory at the Leander Club and are also hoping to row around Anglesey in July. |
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