Boat Race halted by Thames swimmer

MSN UK News Saturday 7th April, 2012

The crowd on the riverbank before the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, at Chiswick Bridge in west London, after the race was halted The 158th Xchanging Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge was forced to restart after a man swimming in the Thames brought it to a halt.The crews were forced to stop between the two and three-mile marker when the man w...

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