James Cracknell will make a dramatic return to rowing by representing Cambridge in next month's boat race.
The double Olympic champion, now 46, will become the oldest participant in the event's history after becoming eligible through taking a Masters in Human Evolution at the university.
A possibly comparable comeback in recent times might be that of Greg Searle, who rowed in the Eight that won the bronze at London 2012 aged 40, but this will be unprecedented in the tussle between Oxford and Cambridge.
James Cracknell will return to rowing by representing Cambridge in the boat race next month
The Cambridge University Boat Club (L to R): Matthew Holland, Natan Wegrzycki-Szymczyk, Freddie Davidson, Sam Hookway, Callum Sullivan, Dara Alizadeh, Grant Bitler, James Cracknell and Dave Bell
The Cambridge team line up for a selfie after their unveiling in central London on Thursday
Cracknell retired from top class rowing in 2006, having banked two golds from the Coxless Fours at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Games.
Subsequently he has taken on a variety of high profile adventure and endurance challenges, some in the company of TV personality Ben Fogle.
In 2010 he was attempting to row and cycle across America when he was struck from behind by a petrol tanker on a quiet road in Arizona suffering serious head injuries.
The accident damaged the frontal lobes of his brain, causing epilepsy and a change in personality that he described in a book with his wife Beverley.
He will now take his place in the light blue boat on April 7.
The double Olympic champion (L), 46, will become the oldest participant in the event's history
James Cracknell pictured with his wife Beverley, his son Croyde (R) and his son's friend in October 2016
In a statement, Cracknell said: 'It's impossible to appreciate what getting selected for The Boat Race is actually like.
'Training so intensively and competing with a group of guys for the same seats in a boat whilst studying hard at a top University, you could easily fall apart.
'The national team I was part of for so long could learn a thing or two from The Boat Race squads!
'Making the Blue Boat after a tough year is arguably my proudest achievement in rowing. But making the Boat is only the start, I and the other lads aren't there for the kit and being selected, it's about delivering on April 7th.'
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