{"id":266887,"date":"2023-03-27T07:32:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T07:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=266887"},"modified":"2023-03-28T06:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T06:15:31","slug":"oxford-rower-rushed-to-hospital-after-collapsing-at-the-end-of-boat-race-vs-cambridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=266887","title":{"rendered":"Oxford rower rushed to hospital after collapsing at the end of Boat Race vs Cambridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sam Smith \u2013 The Express March 27, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Oxford rower Felix Drinkall was rushed to hospital after collapsing towards the end of the 2023 Boat Race. Drinkall was seen clearly in distress before collapsing during the event on the River Thames.<\/p>\n<p>The rower reportedly collapsed in his boat and his team rowed to the side of the river so their colleague could receive urgent medical attention. It has been confirmed that Drinkall was conscious after the race.<\/p>\n<p>Team-mate Tossilo von Meuller confirmed Drinkall was awake as he was taken away by paramedics. The race continued to its end, with Cambridge winning the prestigious race.<\/p>\n<p>Drinkall could be seen looking exhausted and barely able to hold his oar before dropping to the ground. It was clear that he needed medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>Von Meuller had to be reassured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/bbc\">BBC<\/a>&#8216;s live coverage that his friend was okay. Interview by presenter Sue Barker, the Oxford president said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how Felix is. He wasn&#8217;t great in the boat. I hope he is alright.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not the result we wanted to come out with. It is a battle between two sides so one will lose&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barker interjected to say: &#8220;We are hearing that Felix is recovering, we will give you an update when we know it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oxford had fallen behind Cambridge in the race and struggled to chase their rivals. It ended with Cambridge leaping into a six-second lead.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;This is one of the best races we&#39;ve seen in years.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Cambridge have won the 168th men&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/boatrace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#boatrace<\/a> \ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bbcboatrace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bbcboatrace<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G5tN2qxDGg\">pic.twitter.com\/G5tN2qxDGg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSport\/status\/1640026317365166084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cambridge\u2019s celebrations were understandably subdued. Spectators were clearly concerned about the condition of Drinkall as he was led away on a stretcher by paramedics.<\/p>\n<p>Ollie Boyne, the men&#8217;s president of the Cambridge Boat Club, was thrilled as he responded to his team\u2019s triumph. \u201cIt has been an incredible performance by the crews, it is a great sign for the club,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The conditions were really difficult but that was down to the tide and that it is what makes the race so special. It means everything to the guys and the team as a whole after sixth months of day in, day out work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/othersport\/1751107\/Oxford-rower-rushed-to-hospital-Boat-Race-Cambridge\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No word on what was behind the Oxford rower\u2019s collapse. However, this looks like another instance in a growing number of such instances where young sportsmen and women, in prime physical condition, suddenly collapse. Raising the question, was he vaccinated?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":266889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=266887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266891,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266887\/revisions\/266891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/266889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=266887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}