UK (Commonwealth) _Cambridge won both the men’s and women’s competitions, extending their unbeaten streak in the Boat Race.
Cambridge University women students easily won their seventh championship in a row, while the men won their fifth in six years. The weather was ideal for the crews, with mid-teen temps and a little wind right before the women’s race got underway at 2:46 p.m.
The announcement earlier this week that elevated amounts of E. Coli, which may result in a number of dangerous illnesses and other adverse effects, had been discovered around the championship course stood in stark contrast to those pleasant circumstances.
Safety instructions encompassing everything from waterproof plasters to making sure rowers didn’t drink any water splashing up from the Thames were given to all crews. Oxford won both coin flips, but they decided to start at different locations. The men started at Surrey station on the Putney/Barnes side of the track, while the ladies started at Middlesex on the Fulham/Chiswick side.
The 78th women’s and 169th men’s Oxford boats were considered favorites. They were both dark blue in color. In the latter, which was officiated by Matthew Pinsent, an Oxford graduate who has won the Boat Race twice himself, Cambridge got out to a fast start but Oxford swiftly caught up, forcing the four-time Olympic winner to issue cautions as the boats got closer.
At Hammersmith Bridge, Cambridge had a slim advantage of half a length and 1.52 seconds, but they quickly found a fluid rhythm that put Oxford much further behind. By the time the crews reached the Chiswick stairs, Oxford, who had just one crew member left from the previous year’s defeat, was more almost ten seconds behind, but it was not all plain sailing for the eventual winners.
a stroke Matt Even though Edge was obviously struggling and his oar was hardly touching the water, Cambridge’s advantage proved to be too much for Oxford to overcome, and Edge’s crew pulled together to support their weary comrade and win another race.
Following the race, Bow and President Sebastien Benzecry praised Edge’s work, saying, “Credit to Matt, to go that deep, much of that margin was down to him.” He was maintaining a strong beat, which drains a lot of energy when you’re in the stroke seat. I’m very pleased of him—what a remarkable race.
I’m at a loss for words,” he said to the press. We knew exactly what we intended to do. We had a great setup, and the past two days have been incredible. It’s disappointing that it didn’t work out on the day. However, I am really proud of the men. It’s been an amazing fight.
Regretfully, the outcome does not align with our expectations; Cambridge shown their class and fulfilled our desire to support them. Perhaps [the difference] came from experience? I’m not certain.
I was surprised by how much of a difference it made. Furthermore, it does not detract from Cambridge in any manner. A number of our boys have got serious E. Coli infections. I was vomiting up this morning, and I wasn’t sure if I would make it into the boat. That’s why I remained silent; that’s my fault.
I didn’t feel like I had anything to offer, so I’m not sure whether it was the correct decision. .. However, it would have destroyed their prospects by removing one of the best players on [reserve boat] Isis.
I thought we ought to fight them fairly. Less dog poop in the water would have been perfect. This is not to disparage Cambridge; even if we had been playing at our best, I doubt we would have had a chance to defeat them.
Oxford rower Leonard Jenkins lamented that there was “too much excrement in the water” during the Boat Race after many members of his crew were sick before to a humiliating loss to rivals Cambridge on the Thames River. Although the bookies had Oxford as strong favorites going into the men’s race, Cambridge put on a strong showing and won even though Matt Edge nearly passed out in the last meters.
The 23rd series of the Women’s Six Nations Championship, an annual women’s rugby union tournament involving England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, is the 2024 Women’s Six Nations Championship, also referred to as the Guinness Women’s Six Nations for marketing purposes. It started on March 23 and is expected to end on April 27, 2024.
The event is a part of the qualifying process for the 2025 World Cup, and the top finisher—aside from England and France, who were automatically qualified—will get a qualifying spot.
