Episode 1294
The Boat Race 2019
Thu, 2020-Nov-19 01:08 UTC
Length - 2:36
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The featured article for Thursday, 19 November 2020 is The Boat Race 2019.
The Boat Race 2019 took place on 7 April 2019. Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. This was the 74th women's race, and the 165th men's race, and for the fourth time in the history of the event, the men's, women's and both reserves' races were all held on the Tideway on the same day.
The women's race was the first event of the day, and saw Cambridge lead from the start, eventually winning by a considerable margin. This is their third consecutive victory, taking the overall record in the Women's Boat Race to 44–30 in their favour. The men's race was the final event of the day and completed a second consecutive whitewash as Cambridge won; it was their third victory in four years, taking the overall record to 84–80 in their favour. In the women's reserve race, Cambridge's Blondie defeated Oxford's Osiris, their fourth consecutive victory. The men's reserve race was won by Cambridge's Goldie, who defeated Oxford's Isis.
The races were watched live by thousands of spectators lining the banks of the Thames. They were also live-streamed on YouTube, and by multiple media organisations around the world, including in Germany, South Africa and China.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:08 UTC on Thursday, 19 November 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see The Boat Race 2019 on Wikipedia.
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