This week, prior to the Boat Race, there were alerts regarding the River Thames’s pollution levels and the potential risks to competitors.
However, the historic race was held, and on Saturday afternoon the University of Cambridge won both the men’s and women’s races.
Following the incident, Leonard Jenkins from the University of Oxford told the news that his squad “had a couple men go down fairly ill with E. coli. This morning, I was throwing up, and I wasn’t sure there would be a chance for me to be in the boat.
However, I kept that quiet, and that is my responsibility, he continued. I don’t think I had much to give, therefore I’m not sure if that was the right decision.
If there wasn’t as much poop in the water, it would be much nicer.
