Sad News: former Rower dies today at the age of 45 in…

One long-distance rower set out across the Atlantic Ocean, experienced but unsupported.

But when a strong wave overtook his boat, he suffered multiple traumas and succumbed to the effort.

A doctor’s examination revealed Michael Holt, of Porthmadog, Wales, died on his boat from “polytrauma due to accidental injury,” the BBC reported.

Holt, 54 and a Type 1 diabetic, had completed about one-quarter of his 4,000km journey.