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Life has taken off for world champion rower Andrew Holmes

HOW did you celebrate your 18th birthday?

With a surprise party, perhaps, or a family meal? Or maybe a first legitimate drink in a licensed premises? For Andrew Holmes in Germany last weekend, it was the latter, but only after he had taken part in a row rated as the longest and most gruelling in the world.