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| Rower's boat race dream come true | Rower's boat race dream come true |
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| A Cambridge University student from north Wales is finally celebrating victory over Oxford after competing in his fourth and final Boat Race. | A Cambridge University student from north Wales is finally celebrating victory over Oxford after competing in his fourth and final Boat Race. |
| Tom James, from Coedpoeth, Wrexham, was determined to graduate with a victory. | Tom James, from Coedpoeth, Wrexham, was determined to graduate with a victory. |
| Cambridge won the 153rd race by a length - their first victory over Oxford since 2004. | Cambridge won the 153rd race by a length - their first victory over Oxford since 2004. |
| After clinching his first ever win, Tom, president of the university's boat club, said: "This is the icing on the cake for my time at Cambridge." | After clinching his first ever win, Tom, president of the university's boat club, said: "This is the icing on the cake for my time at Cambridge." |
| He added: "I have no regrets about the three years I lost." | He added: "I have no regrets about the three years I lost." |
| He found it hard to describe how he felt, but said: "The emotion's going to come later, I guess." | He found it hard to describe how he felt, but said: "The emotion's going to come later, I guess." |
| He and the Cambridge crew practised on the River Dee at Chester in preparation for the big race. | He and the Cambridge crew practised on the River Dee at Chester in preparation for the big race. |
| Tom said it was a break from the term-time routine which could involve a two-hour weights workout before breakfast, and 11 training sessions per week. | Tom said it was a break from the term-time routine which could involve a two-hour weights workout before breakfast, and 11 training sessions per week. |
| He said: "It's very hard but that's what the training programme demands. | He said: "It's very hard but that's what the training programme demands. |
| Firm friends | Firm friends |
| "The crews we put out are world class and the athletes we get are world class, and they also have aspirations after that." | "The crews we put out are world class and the athletes we get are world class, and they also have aspirations after that." |
| It is the first time Cambridge have beaten Oxford since 2004 | |
| He added: "It does impinge on your social life, you don't go out and get drunk the whole time. | He added: "It does impinge on your social life, you don't go out and get drunk the whole time. |
| "We still have a lot of fun and, the friends you make in rowing circles, you're lifelong buddies afterwards. | "We still have a lot of fun and, the friends you make in rowing circles, you're lifelong buddies afterwards. |
| "You realise you are part of something and you're making history as it's going on, and you're adding to it. | "You realise you are part of something and you're making history as it's going on, and you're adding to it. |
| "And you know when you come back in 50 years, your legacy is going to be there, your name is going to be up on the board in the captains' room." | "And you know when you come back in 50 years, your legacy is going to be there, your name is going to be up on the board in the captains' room." |