Swimmer charged over Boat Race

Yesterday Oxford rower William Zeng wrote on Twitter:

"When I missed your head with my blade I knew only that you were a swimmer, and if you say you are a protester then, no matter what you say your cause may be, your action speaks too loudly for me to hear you.

"I know, with immediate emotion, exactly what you you were protesting. You were protesting the right of seventeen young men and one woman to compete fairly and honorably, to demonstrate their hard work and desire in a proud tradition.

"You were protesting their right to devote years of their lives, their friendships, and their souls to the fair pursuit of the joys and the hardships of sport.

"You, who would make a mockery of their dedication and their courage, are a mockery of a man."

Oxford crew member Roel Haen said Dr Alex Woods, who collapsed in his boat at the end of yesterday's dramatic Boat Race, has now been released from hospital:

The swimmer arrested after bringing the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race to a dramatic halt has defended his anti-elitist stance and claimed he has always "fought from within".

Trenton Oldfield said he had been privately-educated for four years but left and went to a state school because he "couldn't stand the elitism".

Lord Colin Moynihan, a former British Olympic coxswain and a current director of LOCOG, has told BBC Radio 5 Live that Saturday's Boat Race highlights the importance of security at the London Olympic Games.

Trenton Oldfield, the swimmer who disrupted the Boat Race, will appear at Feltham Magistrates' Court on Monday April 23 charged with a public order offence, Scotland Yard said.

He was released on bail from Chiswick police station late last night.

Trenton Oldfield, 35, was charged with a public order offence after a man disrupted the Boat Race, Scotland Yard have confirmed.

Trenton Oldfield, the swimmer who halted the Boat Race today has been released from Chiswick police station.

Boat Race organisers Boat Race Company Limited have released an updated statement:

Oxford crew have emerged from Charing Cross Hospital after visiting rower Alex Woods, who collapsed in his boat at the race's finish.

Karl Hudspith, president of the Oxford University Boat Club, told ITV News that Woods is "still clutching his shirt from the race, which had been cut off him."

"They need to keep him in for another 12 hours - he'll be fine," he said.