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A boat from the Oxford University rowing team rounds the bend of the River Thames in Putney, West London during a winter training session. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.

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A boat from the Oxford University rowing team rounds the bend of the River Thames in Putney, West London during a winter training session. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.