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Cambridge upset odds against Oxford to complete 2021 Boat Race clean sweep

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Cambridge claimed their third successive win - and fourth in the last five events - in the men’s Boat Race.

Sarah Winckless, the first female to umpire the men’s race in the event’s 166-year history, was kept busy as on several occasions she warned Cambridge cox Charlie Marcus to alter his crew’s line.

It was a bold approach from Cambridge but they hit the front early on and stayed out in front of Oxford, who kept the disadvantage to less than a length without being able to reel in their rivals.

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