The Boat Races 2026 – Live Updates As Oxford Face Cambridge On The Thames

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Here’s a reminder of nan people nan crews must navigate. We statesman successful Putney for a 6.8 km-long race, passing Craven Cottage, Hammersmith Bridge, Chiswick Eyot and Barnes Bridge, finishing earlier Chiswick Bridge. If you’re up astatine Hammersmith Bridge, you’re beautiful overmuch nailed connected to win.

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Welcome to nan latest version of nan sports time that sewage a small retired of hand. The Boat Races – contested by crews from Oxford and Cambridge universities – are back, astir 200 years connected from nan first men’s race.

The buildup has been little eventful than past year: yes, really tin we hide the PGCE eligibility hoo-ha and those precocious E coli levels. This clip information nan attraction is connected a caller look, pinch Channel 4 taking complete sum from nan BBC. Reality TV’s Jamie Laing is 1 caller presenter. We hold to spot if this gets down pinch nan kidz.

As for nan existent contest, well, it hasn’t really been 1 for a while. Cambridge’s men person won six of nan past 7 races and look primed to make it 4 successive victories. It’s worse for Oxford’s women, who person mislaid 8 successful a row. But their agelong hold looks for illustration it’ll extremity today, pinch nan Dark Blues – led by Olympic medallist Heidi Long – starting arsenic favourites. The women’s title originates astatine 2.21pm BST, nan men’s an hr later. Get in, we’re going rowing.