Members of the Oxford women's crew prepare to take to the water before the Oxford versus Cambridge University boat race on the Thames in London, April 11. 2015. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
LONDON (Reuters) - Oxford's rowers ruled the waves in Saturday's varsity boat races with the men crushing their Cambridge counterparts after the women's crew had powered to an historic victory on the River Thames.
For the first time since it's introduction in 1927 the women's race was held on the same day and on the same 7,000m stretch of water as the men and Oxford marked the breakthrough moment with a processional victory.
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