Cambridge maintains Boat Race dominance to win men's and women's events
FILE - The Oxford, foreground, and Cambridge boats compete at the start of the Varsity Boat Race on the Great Ouse river at Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, Sunday April 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Ian Walton, Pool, File)
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