Boat Race 2023: How to follow men's and women's races live on the BBC - start times, crews and course
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The Boat Race: Oxford win men's event for the first time since 2017
The 2023 Gemini Boat Race |
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Venue: The River Thames Date: Sunday, 26 March Races: 16:00 & 17:00 BST |
Coverage: Watch live coverage from 15:30 BST on BBC One, iPlayer & the BBC Sport website and app. |
The 2023 Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge takes place in London on Sunday - and you can watch live coverage of both races on the BBC.
Oxford triumphed in the men's race last year for the first time since 2017.
Cambridge women claimed their fifth successive victory in a record time of 18 minutes and 23 seconds last year.
The 77th women's race starts at 16:00 BST and the 168th men's at 17:00, with live coverage on BBC One, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website from 15:30.
The course
The annual event takes place over 4.25 miles from Putney to Mortlake.
It returned to the River Thames last year, after being cancelled in 2020 and taking place without spectators on the Great Ouse in Ely because of coronavirus restrictions in 2021.
An estimated 250,000 people are expected to watch the races from the banks of the river.
The crews
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The men's boats feature rowers from Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, France, Taiwan and Switzerland.
Ollie Parish, a world junior champion for Great Britain, will make his third consecutive race start for Cambridge, with a new crew that includes four-time French champion Noam Mouelle.
Ollie's brother Jasper has switched to the men's boat following victory last year as the cox in the women's boat.
Oxford's eight includes two-time Under-23 European Championship medallist James Doran and Australia's Anna O'Hanlon, who will be the men's cox.
Former Cambridge student Tara Slade, who has made the switch to dark blue upon undertaking medicine at the University of Oxford, will race alongside astronomer Laurel Kaye, who is in bow, in the women's race.
Ireland's Caoimhe Dempsey is the only athlete to race for Cambridge from last year's record-breaking team.
Men's race crews
Oxford: James Forward; Alex Bebb; Freddy Orpin; Tom Sharrock; James Doran; Jean-Philippe Dufour; Tassilo von Mueller; Felix Drinkall; Anna O'Hanlon (cox)
Cambridge: Matt Edge; Brett Taylor; Noam Moulle; Seb Benzecry; Thomas Lynch; Nick Mayhew; Ollie Parish; Luca Ferraro; Jasper Parish (cox)
Cambridge women beat Oxford in 2022 by more than two lengths in 18 minutes and 22 seconds
Women's race crews
Oxford: Laurel Kaye; Claire Aitken; Sara Helin; Ella Stadler; Alison Carrington; Freya Willis; Sarah Marshall; Esther Austin; Tara Slade (cox)
Cambridge: Carina Graf; Rosa Millard; Alex Riddell-Webster; Jenna Armstrong; Freya Keto; Isabelle Bastian; Claire Brillon; Caoimhe Dempsey; James Trotman (cox)
BBC coverage
Sunday 26 March
15:30-17:45 - BBC One, iPlayer & BBC Sport website and mobile app
All times are in BST and are subject to change.
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