women boat race women boat race took place march race crews representing conducted took place stretch water olympic venue cambridge heavier crews consisted british crew oxford boat included hungarian rower american cox oxford won race quarter lengths time minutes seconds win race victory took overall record event cambridge favour background rowing competition taken place conducted hosted summer olympics venue instead traditional straight course thames strong winds stream conditions river_thames precipitated olympic venue cambridge went race champions having won previous year race quarter length led overall race sponsored subsidiary successive year cambridge led previously coached victory baker assisted british olympic quadruple silver oxford coach canadian olympic university trainer assisted british olympic rower women came fifth summer olympics crews trials crews held december oxford trial boats raced named quick easy cambridge trials took place lake boats named weigh held march took place alongside men time history event time weights female crews public cambridge crew weighed average rower opponents oxford saw rowers return crew number number participated race oxford boat club president forced withdraw race injury cambridge crew included rowers bow number earning blue stroke cambridge boat club president participate event instead rowed women reserve boat cox previously steered cambridge reserve boat oxford crew included participants cox cambridge crew entirely british oxford included hungarian bow british germans stroke american race cambridge won toss selected sheltered course race started march cambridge quicker start led feet strokes half length ahead metres rating oxford strokes minute longer strokes enabled cope conditions metre mark began catch cambridge boat getting level metre mark pushing oxford pulled away win quarter lengths time minutes seconds slowest winning time race oxford win race fifth win events victory took overall record event cambridge favour oxford said conditions pretty grim training week running race prepared horrible winds cambridge number seven emily day said pretty race lives didn
Women's Boat Race 2013