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Finally, the tradition continues to the present day with the loser challenging the winner to a re-match annually.
最終，這個傳統一直延續到了今天，每年由輸的一方向贏的一方提出挑戰。
The most recent race was on Saturday, 3 April 2010 at 4:30 p.m., with the Cambridge Rowing Team being the winner.
最近的一次比賽是 在2010年4月3日下午4點半舉行的，劍撟賽艇隊獲勝。
The race is a competition between two eights, with the course of totally 6,779 meters from Putney to Mortlake upstream, and is timed to start on the incoming flood tide.
該比賽為兩條八人單槳有舵手賽艇之間的對抗，路線全長6779米，由帕特尼逆流而上到模特萊克，并在當日漲潮時舉行。
An Eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing, which is designed for eight rowers and a cox.
八人單槳有舵手賽艇是在賽艇競技運動中使用的一種小艇，每條賽艇由8名槳手和1名舵手組成。
Each of the eight rowers has one oar, with four rowers on their right hand side and the other four on their lefthand side.
每名架手持一條槳，4名槳手右手持槳，另外4名槳手左手持槳。
The rowers are seated in the opposite direction of the racing course,
槳手們背朝船的前進方向坐于船上，
yet the cox seated at the stem of the boat faces the boat's forward direction, steering the boat with a rudder and conducting the rowers.
而位于船尾的舵手面向船的前進方向，利用船舵操控船的方向并指揮槳手。
The Boat Race has already been one of the Britain's, even the World's, most popular events.
該賽事巳經成為英國、乃至全世界的經典賽事之一。
The event was broadcast live by the BBC annually before 2005.
2005年之前，每年的賽程由BBC進行現場直播。
However, after that，the BBC handed over broadcasting rights to ITV until 2010, when ITV returned the rights to the BBC.
但是，在那之后，BBC將廣播權移交給了ITV,直到2010年ITV才將廣播權歸還BBC。
Each year, approximately 250,000 people watch the race live from the banks of the river.
每年，約有25萬人在岸邊現場觀戰。
Moreover, far more than 20 million audience watch the event live on TV around the world.
此外，觀看現場直播的觀眾在全球也超過2000萬。
By 2010，the Cambridge Rowing Team had been victorious 80 times, and the Oxford Rowing Team had won 75 times, with only one dead heat in 1877.
截止到2010年，劍橋賽艇隊獲勝80次，牛津賽艇隊獲勝75次，僅在1877年有一次打平。
