Cambridge win Boat Race 2018 beating Oxford on London's River Thames

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Standard Sport24 March 2018

Cambridge won the men's 2018 Boat Race beating Oxford on London's River Thames to complete a clean sweep following the women's comfortable win.

Favourites Cambridge stormed to victory in the 164th edition of the contest, handing head coach Steve Trapmore a farewell triumph.

Oxford coach Sean Bowden had installed Cambridge as the stronger crew weeks ahead of the event, and that prediction proved to be entirely accurate.

Cambridge boss Trapmore will join Team GB's Olympic rowing programme as early as next week, closing an eight-year spell in which he has helped transform the light blue's set-up and fortunes

Meanwhile. Cambridge cemented a new-found dominance in the women's Boat Race, winning the contest's 73rd edition in some style.

Head coach Rob Baker's Cambridge crew claimed victory for the second year running - their first back-to-back triumphs this century.

The light blue crew raced into an early lead and extended that advantage throughout the course, adding another victory to last year's 11-length triumph.

Winners 2018
Men's Boat Race Cambridge
Women's Boat Race Cambridge

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