by The tradition of the boat race with which victories in the Thames are revived when the tests demonstrate that a new “super canal” of £ 5 billion has reduced the dangerous wastewater content.
With a relatively clear weather forecast between now and the race, it is assumed that the scenes increase hope that tradition can safely return before the water analysis of the 11th hour.
E. Coli frightened the teams at the event in March last year, with the rower in the men’s Oxford team complaining about “Poo in the Water” and said that illness had played a role in their defeat.
In the midst of pollution disorders, the organizers of Cambridge and Oxford advised not to go into the water last year – but the return of the ritual to throw in the profit -Cox depends on tests before this year on April 13th.
Tidying up the Thames Long -Term is an important topic for the event this year when the boat racing company registered the teams Oxford and Cambridge this week in order to register for the so -called London Rivers’.
After all, Oxford and Cambridges could help first-class scientific know-how as part of an agreement between the organizations, the mayor Sadiq Khan, his ambition to make the Thames to swim by 2034.
For the race of the next month, however, the focus is on whether the Thames Tideway Tunnel Super Sewer is already in force. After 10 years of construction work, the last of the 21 connections of the tunnel to the city’s Victorian wastewater system was established in February.
The new system is expected to stop 95 percent of wastewater pollution that would have previously polluted the river. However, the organizers of the race will wait for the final examination of the Putney course to Mortlake before giving the team instructions for entering the water.
Last year, the rowers were instructed not to enter or swallow the water, as well as paving other preventive measures such as covering scratches with waterproof. The winning team of women of the Cambridge women raised the warnings and raised their cox in the air instead of throwing them into the water like tradition. Sean Bowden, coach of Oxford, called the situation a “national shame”.
But since the Thames Tideway tunnel is now completely connected, there is optimism among the organizers that necessary improvements are made. A 10-year partnership for a clean-up work led by the Mayor of London will be confirmed later this week, since the crews for this year’s races are also announced.
Siobhan Cassidy, chairman of the boat racing company and biologist of training, said: “The rowers have a close relationship with the river. They could literally not be closer to it and they take care of the water quality. We all tolerated that it is horrific levels. The other waterways that were used and valued by millions.”
The plans for cleaning London rivers this month had already had additional support with the announcement of more than £ 1.8 billion from Thames Water, City Hall and Transport for London.
Khan welcomed the decision of the boat race to join efforts to improve the waterways. He said: “The annual boat race is a legendary event in London that puts the Thames in the spotlight.
The confirmation of the crews for the men’s and women’s races this week will be another topic of conversation Telegraph sport Reporting about the last week, as the Olympic gold medalist Tom Ford is one of the rowers, who effectively competive under the competition under the clamping on “wrestlers”.
