Cambridge University rowers prepare for the annual boat race against Oxford which due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions is held this year in Ely, Cambridgeshire, Britain March 24, 2021. Picture taken March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Smith
ELY, England (Reuters) - Sandwiched between a country road and a train line, the wind funnelled by its banks, the Great Ouse river appears an unlikely venue for one of Britain's most watched sports events.
But with England in partial lockdown and one of the bridges over their usual London boat race course in danger of collapse, a stretch of the Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire is where Oxford and Cambridge universities' rowers will lock oars on Sunday.
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