James Cracknell becomes oldest Boat Race winner at 46

Cambridge rowing crew, with left James Cracknell, 2nd left, in action against Oxford during The Boat Race on the River Thames in London, Sunday April 7, 2019. The 165th annual Boat Race traditionally fought out between Oxford and Cambridge university rowing crews. (Adam Davy/PA via AP)

Cambridge, left, and Oxford boats during The Boat Race on the River Thames in London, Sunday April 7, 2019. The annual Boat Race traditionally fought out between Oxford and Cambridge university rowing crews. (Adam Davy/PA via AP)

LONDON – James Cracknell became the oldest winner of the Boat Race at age 46 on Sunday when Cambridge beat Oxford by one length in the 165th edition on the River Thames.

The double Olympic gold medalist — a Peterhouse College masters student — is eight years older than the previous record holder, 1992 Cambridge cox Andy Prober.

Cracknell has recovered after suffering a traumatic brain injury when he fractured his skull in a cycling accident in Arizona in 2010.

Before the Cambridge men won for the third time in four years, the university's women's team beat Oxford for a third year in a row.

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