THE 170th edition of the Boat Race was all Cambridge as all four teams put a clinical display of rowing on the River Thames. The first race started in concession as Cambridge women pulled away

The Blue Boats will vie for glory along a four-mile stretch of the River Thames from Putney to Mortlake, with Oxford out to end a streak of Cambridge dominance in recent years. The Light Blues have won seven years in a row in the women’s race and six of the last eight men’s races.

Teams from the two universities have to deal with dirty tricks and dirty water - but it remains a key part of the British sporting calendar