Olympic champ Cracknell to be a Boat Race rower for Cambridge at 46
Two-time Olympic champion James Cracknell will become the oldest person to compete in the Boat Race after Cambridge selected him for the 2019 contest.
The super-fit 46-year-old won gold medals at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, before retiring from elite rowing in 2006.
He is almost 25 years older than some of his Cambridge University Boat Club team mates.
Mr Cracknell is studying for a philosophy degree at the university. He was also offered a place at Oxford.
This year's race will take place on April 7. Today, the teams were revealed during their weigh-in in London.
Cracknell, who has maintained his fitness, running a sub-three-hour marathon in 2017, is eight years older than the previous oldest competitor, Andy Probert. He coxed for Cambridge in 1992.
The Light Blues will be hoping their former Olympic star will help them repeat their success of 2018.