The Olympian rower James Cracknell has been training ahead of the Boat Race, after taking up am MPhil in Human Evolution at Cambridge University.

The 47-year-old was pictured dressed in the team's Light Blue uniform as he trained on the River Great Ouse in Ely, Cambs.

The Light Blue Boat crew will be officially announced next Thursday and if he is selected he will become the oldest man ever to compete in the famous race.

Andy Probert was 38 when he coxed Cambridge in 1992 and Mike Wherley was 36 when he rowed for Oxford in 2008.

Cracknell, who has two Olympic Gold medals, would also become the most decorated man to row in the annual contest against Oxford.