Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I eke ngā wāhine o Oxford ki te hītori i te Rāhoroi me te wikitoria o te whakataetae poti tekau mā rua i roto i ngā tau tekau mā ono i runga i tētahi rā whakahirahira mō te hākinakina. Mo te wā tuatahi i roto i te 88 tau ka whakatūria te whakataetae wāhine i runga i te ara rongonui o Tideway, i roa nei e noho ana ko ngā tāne anake. Ko Oxford, ko ngā toa o te whakataetae, i wikitoria i te ono me te hawhe tawhiti ki a Cambridge, i te mea i whiua e ngā wāhine tētahi whiu nui mō te taurite hākinakina i te whakataetae i runga i te akoranga toa kotahi i te rā kotahi me ngā tāne. Ko Ansastaia Chitty e hiki ana i te tohu i muri i te wikitoria o Oxford i te whakataetae poti, i te ngawari o Cambridge i runga i te Thames. I te ra i tohatoha ai nga taha o Oxford i te huarahi whakataetae mo te wa tuatahi, i tohatoha ano hoki e raatau te toenga toa, me nga taane e haere ana ki te wikitoria i roto i to raatau whakataetae i muri tata mai. Ko te tumuaki o ngā wāhine o Oxford, ko Anastasia Chitty, i whakanui i te wikitōria hei wā motuhake mō tana kapa, engari hoki mō te eke waka me te hākinakina. "He wā mīharo tēnei", te kī a Chitty ki a BBC Sport. He mea whakamiharo te whakatinana i tētahi mea pēnei. He maha ngā wāhine i mua i a mātau, kāore anō kia whai wāhitanga ki tēnei mahi, ā, he tino whakaiti tēnei. I tīmata wawe mātou ki te neke atu, ā, i noho tonu mātou ki mua.<unk> E whakanui ana te kapa Oxford i to rātau wikitoria ki a Cambridge i muri i te whakahaerenga i te whakataetae mai i te tīmatanga ki te mutunga. I te mea ko ia te kaitakaro hākinakina o te Opepika i whakawhiwhia ki te whakataetae i roto i nga whakataetae kaipuke e rua, ko Oxford stroke Caryn Davies i whakaatu i te kounga i whakaatuhia i roto i te whakataetae wahine. Ko te whetū o te kapa Olympics o Amerika e 32 tau te pakeke, he hiriwa i Athens me nga mētara koura i Beijing me Rānana i roto i nga wahine e waru <unk> a inaianei he wikitoria i te whakataetae poti ki te patu. "Ki taku whakaaro he uaua ake, me pono ahau", i kii a Davies ki a BBC Sport i tana patai me pehea te whakataetae poti i whakaritea ki te whakataetae Olympic. Te kaha o te kapa wahine o Oxford ki to rātau wikitōria i te whakataetae kaipuke wahine tuatahi i runga i te awa o Thames. <unk>Kua tata ki te toru ngā wā ki te mamae. Engari ka iti ake te mamae ina toa koe! E whakapehapeha ana ahau, e whakahonoretia ana hoki ki te whai i taua aro nui. E whakaatu ana i te nui o te harikoa o te iwi, ā, e tino harikoa ana ahau i a tātou...
I toa a Oxford i te whakataetae kaipuke wahine tekau mā rua i roto i ngā tau tekau mā ono. I wikitoria te kapa Dark Blues e ono me te haurua ngā roa. Koinei te wā tuatahi i rere ai te whakataetae wāhine i runga i te ara kotahi, i te rā kotahi hoki o te whakataetae tāne.