article_snippet.sent: Oxford women made history on Saturday with a 12th boat race victory in 16 years on a landmark day for the sport.
article_snippet.sent: For the first time in 88 years the women’s race was staged on the famous Tideway course that for so long had been the sole preserve of the men.
article_snippet.sent: Oxford romped to victory by six and a half lengths against Cambridge, as Oxford women struck a telling blow for sporting equality in racing the same championship course on the same day as the men.
article_snippet.sent: Ansastaia Chitty lifts the trophy aloft after Oxford won the boat race, easing past Cambridge on the Thames .
article_snippet.sent: On the day the Oxford sides shared the race route for the first time, the Oxford sides also shared the exact same winning margin, with the men going on to triumph in the men race shortly afterwards.
article_snippet.sent: Oxford women’s president Anastasia Chitty hailed the victory as a special moment for Oxford women’s president Anastasia Chitty crew, but also for rowing and sporting equality overall.
article_snippet.sent: her crew celebrate her crew win over Cambridge after dominating their race from start to finish .
article_snippet.sent: The Oxford women's crew power to The Oxford women win in the first women's boat race on the river Thames .
article_snippet.sent: Oxford women finished in 19 minutes 45 seconds — 19 seconds ahead of Cambridge.
article_snippet.sent: After Oxford’s women breezed to victory, Oxford’s women male counterparts made it a Dark Blue double with victory in the 161st men’s race by an identical six and a half lengths.
article_snippet.sent: Despite being quickly pegged back, They powered ahead during the middle section to dominate a great race, finishing in 17 minutes 34 seconds — winning by 19 seconds as Oxford’s women had before Oxford’s women.
highlights_snippet.sent: Oxford won their 12th women's boat race in 16 years .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: It was the first time the women's race has been raced over the same course and on the same day as the men's event .