BBC News, London
Row360/The Boat Race CompanyThis Sunday is the 170 Oxford and 79 Oxford and Cambridge of Oxford and Cambridge in Thames in Thames.
The teams will fight in a section of 4.25 miles of the river, between Putney and Mortlake, on the front or an estimated crowd or 250,000.
For some, he thought, it’s not only Oxford against Cambridge, but from northern London against southern London.
The president and occupant of Cambridge of the arch seat, Luca Ferraro is a London in northern London who grew up in the shadow of Emirates Stadium. He learned to row in Hackney when he was 15 years old.
And sitting on Oxford’s blue ship, it is the southern London Doran, who said he is “really proud” to be local to Putney, where first in the tide.
Doran, who “always loved Southbank, food, culture and people” said he used to travel on the bus on the day of the boat race and “try to take a look on people’s shoulders when I was a child.
“It’s a lot of fun.”
And Ferraro agreed on the importance of the event: “The boat race is a true element in British sport, tradition is a large part of the lasting appeal and the pride that people take in the history of it.
“I am very grateful for the really committed and talented coaches who poured work hours to train us.
“It was such a pleasant and cozy way to enter the sport, since some who made a clue to how I worked when I started.”
Cambridge has won five of the last six male races and seven female races in a row.
“In water, rivalry is really real,” Ferraro said.
“I am a heart corridor, all that really matters to me is to reach the finish line first.
“The team is as different every year, as the race, it really feels like its own every year.
“We take every boat race as it arrives, it seems that it is their own special thing.
“Then, we will see what happens in this.”
Doran, who also delights with rivalry, said that Oxford’s goal was to assemble his best performance.
He said they have a new coach and team this year, including three who participated in the Paris Olympic Games.
“We are really eager for the day, we are extremely determined and excited. We hope that our best performance is to do the work in the day.”
Both rowers competed in the two previous races, with Ferraro waiting for a hat-trick and Doran wishing to break a loss streak.
Cambridge’s rush said he was winning was “an indective feeling.”
“To go through that work: six months of exhausting training and a lot of sacrifice, putting your life waiting to balance studies and training.
“Make it worth it at the end, with such a close group of colleagues, it is an incredible feeling.”
And his Oxford rival added: “It is great to feel part of something to which everyone has an affiliation and a choice in a team sport.
“I have always had very long distance memories of being here and I have always wanted this race.
“I am very lucky to be doing my third now.”