Boat Race 2024 live: Results, times and updates as Cambridge secure stunning double over Oxford
Relive all the action from two thrilling boat races between Cambridge and Oxford
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Your support makes all the difference.Cambridge produced two spectacular performances to secure a double win over Oxford in the 2024 Boat Race.
Both the men’s and women’s crews raced through to convincing wins over their old rivals on a sunny afternoon in the capital.
Much of the build-up to the races had been dominated by the condition of the water in the Thames, but once the day got underway it was the quality of the Cambridge racing that stole the show.
The women, led by cox Hannah Murphy, clawed back an early Oxford lead and roared ahead after a controversial incident in which the two boats nearly collided.
The men’s team, buoyed by a particularly inspiring shift from stroke Matt Edge, put in a similarly impressive performance, roaring to an early lead and maintaining it throughout the race to finish with a lead of three-and-a-half lengths.
Follow all the live action from the Thames in the blog below and get the latest odds and tips here.
2024 Boat Race LIVE
Cambridge are building a good lead of around five seats here, though Oxford are approaching their favoured bend.
2024 Boat Race LIVE
Both sides are being warned about straying from their waters as their blades almost come together. Cambridge are slightly ahead as it stands.
2024 Boat Race LIVE
It’s a very even start, with both boats neck and neck. Cambridge have come across to the edge of their waters, with both crews being warned to stay in their section as we begin.
2024 Men’s Boat Race LIVE
And we’re underway in the men’s race now! The water is choppier now, so it’ll be a slow race.
Can Cambridge upset the favourites?
2024 Boat Race LIVE
We’re less than 10 minutes from the start of the men’s race now, so here’s a reminder of the two crews.
Oxford Men
Coached by Sean Bowden
Saxon Stacey (bow)
Harry Glenister
Jelmer Bennema
James Doran
Elias Kun
Frederick Roper
Leonard Jenkins
Elliot Kemp (stroke)
William Denegri (cox)
Cambridge Men
Coached by Rob Baker
Sebastien Benzecry (bow, President)
Noam Mouelle
Thomas Marsh
Augustus John
Kenneth Coplan
Thomas Lynch
Luca Ferraro
Matt Edge (stroke)
Ed Bracey (cox)
2024 Boat Race LIVE
The women’s reserve race has finished now too. It was won convincingly by Oxford’s Osiris.
2024 Boat Race LIVE
The Oxford crew are talking to BBC.
Club president Ella Stadler congratulates Cambridge but adds that the day is about more than just this one race, and says that there’s a lot to come from Oxford’s rowing.
The cox, Joe Gellett, says that he thought the incident happened “in our water”, and says it could have lead to a disqualification, but he respects the umpire’s decision.
2024 Boat Race LIVE
The reserve race is underway now between the women’s reserve sides. The respective boats are Osiris (Oxford) and Blondie (Cambridge).
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