Oxford men win; Cambridge women set record time

[GordMay]

Oxford brought an end to Cambridge’s recent supremacy, in the men's Boat Race, between England’s two leading universities, as one of the country's oldest sporting events, made its return to the River Thames, on Sunday.

Oxford halted its rival's run, of three straight wins, in the men's race, to give long-serving chief coach Sean Bowden a 13th success, in his 25th year in the role.
It was the first Boat Race held over the 4.2-mile (6.8-kilometre) stretch of the River Thames, in southwest London, since 2019, because of the pandemic. The 2020 race was cancelled, and the 2021 edition event took place on the Great Ouse, in Ely, without fans, because of coronavirus restrictions.
Cambridge leads the rivalry 85-81.

In the women's race, staged on the same course, Cambridge won, for the fifth straight time, and in a record time of 18 minutes, 22.9 seconds.