Oxford coach backs his boys in dark blue

13 April 2012

Oxford head coach Sean Bowden is confident his crew, which includes Olympic silver medallist Colin Smith, can win the Boat Race on 29 March.

Oxford and Cambridge announced their line-ups for the race today with the Dark Blues featuring Smith, part of the men's eight in Beijing, and returning internationals in Croatia's Ante Kuurin and Poland's Michal Plotkowiak, who competed in 2007.

Bowden said: "We have one of the strongest Oxford crews in years. It is a technically strong and experienced crew."

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