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Oxford wins this year's Boat Race, London, UK
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by Gkriniaris | March 31, 2008 at 01:39 am
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The Boat Race is an annual event in which crews from Oxford and Cambridge Universities compete in rowing in Thames River. The race exists since 1829 and since 1856 it is held annually in the begining of spring.
The crews (eight rowers and a cox) are dressed in dark blue for Oxford and light blue for Cambridge and the boats are called "The Blue Boats".
Lots of people tend to watch the race from the banks of Thames and is a well celebrated event.
This year's winner was Oxford's crew, which completed the race in 20' 52'', the slowest time since 1947, probably among others because of the rainy weather. It's noteworthy that in the big bend in the middle of the course, near Hammersmith Bridge, Oxford's boat was behind Cambridge's.
With this victory Oxford reached the 74, while Cambridge leads with 79.
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at 01:59 on March 31st, 2008
Gkriniaris, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:17 on March 31st, 2008
Gkriniaris, your first post! Well-done!
at 06:32 on March 31st, 2008
Thank you both!