Ex-drug addict sets record by rowing solo across Atlantic
Gavan Hennigan, an Irish athlete and a former drug addict, has set a record by sailing solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 49 days, 11 hours and 37 minutes. Hennigan completed the 5,000-kilometre journey from Canary Islands to Antigua in an ocean rowing boat as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, which claims to be the "world's toughest row".