We are delighted to share the news that Naomi Riches has completed her epic 165 mile row of the Thames in a time of 47 hours 59 minutes 54 seconds.
Well done Naomi – what a truly amazing achievement!
The final few hours were agonisingly tough – Naomi was rowing against the tide, having been at it for 2 days remember! There will be official verification procedures, but Naomi had to achieve under 50 hours for the official Guinness World Record to be recognised, and she has clearly smashed that time limit.
We thought we would wrap up with a selection of photos mostly taking during Naomi’s stop at Marlow Rowing Club . If you scroll past the end of the gallery, we have also shared images and videos from various Twitter contributors.
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Our Gallery
Selected Tweets – from Marlow onwards!
A brief video of the cheers as Naomi leaves Marlow
https://twitter.com/thecathbishop/status/777532003335954432
Video of Naomi soon after leaving Marlow, followed by a flotilla of rowing boats
https://twitter.com/JohnCGreening/status/777553295833530370
Passing the (huge!) Thames Barrier on Monday morning
https://twitter.com/INvision_Buzz/status/777789762388230144
Head of British Rowing, Annamarie Phelps was waiting near the QE2 bridge at the Dartford Crossing
https://twitter.com/PhelpsAnnamarie/status/777857379094425600
Lisa Knill was onboard a support boat and giving updates in the final agonising miles. And check out that forboding view…. not quite the leafy Thames we are used to here!
https://twitter.com/LisaZero/status/777866487193305089
Waiting at the end….
https://twitter.com/TGTR2016/status/777881687535579136
and a final note from Lisa confirms at
https://twitter.com/LisaZero/status/777885603107049472