牛津賽艇運動員在賽艇比賽失利後感嘆“水中有太多便便”

Oxford rower Leonard Jenkins has bemoaned “too much poo in the water” of the Boat Race after members of his team fell ill before a crushing defeat to rivals Cambridge on the River Thames.

牛津賽艇運動員倫納德·詹金斯 (Leonard Jenkins) 哀嘆賽艇比賽中“水中有太多糞便”，此前他的團隊成員在泰晤士河上慘敗於競爭對手劍橋之前生病了。

Oxford entered the men’s race as significant favourites with the bookmakers, but Cambridge produced a fine performance and clinched victory despite Matt Edge almost collapsing in a scary moment during the closing stages.

牛津隊作為博彩公司的大熱門進入了男子比賽，但劍橋隊表現出色並鎖定了勝利，儘管馬特·埃奇在最後階段的可怕時刻幾乎崩潰了。

Build-up to the race was overshadowed earlier in the week after rowers were warned to not enter the water after E coli bacteria was discovered.

本週早些時候，賽艇運動員在發現大腸桿菌後被警告不要下水，這給比賽的準備工作蒙上了陰影。

New safety guidance saw teams opt against the traditional celebration for the winning team, where team members jump into the river and the cox gets a ducking.

新的安全指南要求各隊選擇放棄傳統的獲勝隊伍慶祝方式，即隊員跳入河中，而舵手則躲開。

The River Action campaign group found an average of 2,869 E coli colony-forming units (CFU) per 100ml of water in 16 tests around Hammersmith Bridge, falling well short of the Environment Agency’s inland bathing water quality standards, which state that the level should be below 1,000 CFU per 100ml.

河流行動運動小組在哈默史密斯橋周圍的16 次測試中發現，每100 毫升水中平均有2,869 個大腸桿菌菌落形成單位(CFU)，遠低於環境署的內陸沐浴水質標準，該標準規定該水平應為每 100 毫升低於 1,000 CFU。

And Jenkins revealed after the defeat that he came down with illness, alongside some of his teammates, on the morning of the race.

詹金斯在失利後透露，他和一些隊友在比賽當天早上都病倒了。

“I don't have any words,” Jenkins told BBC Sport. “We had a clear plan of what we wanted to do. We had a really good set up, the last couple of days have been amazing. It didn't come together on the day, that's disappointing. But I couldn't be prouder of the guys. It's been a great battle.

「我無話可說，」詹金斯告訴英國廣播公司體育頻道。 「我們對自己想做的事情有一個明確的計劃。我們的安排非常好，過去幾天的表現非常棒。那天沒能在一起，真是令人失望。但我為這些傢伙感到無比自豪。這是一場偉大的戰鬥。

“It's a shame the results doesn't suit that, Cambridge showed their class and did to us what we wanted to do for them. Maybe experience [was the difference]? I'm not sure.

「遺憾的是，結果並不符合要求，劍橋大學向我們展示了他們的班級，並為我們做了我們想為他們做的事情。也許經驗[是區別]？我不知道。

“I didn't expect it to be such a big difference. I will also say, it's in no way to take away from Cambridge. We've had a few guys go down pretty badly with the E Coli strain. This morning I was throwing up and I really wasn't sure there was a chance for me to be in the boat. I kept that quiet, that's on my shoulders.

「我沒想到差別會這麼大。我還要說，這絕對不能從劍橋帶走。我們有幾個人感染了大腸桿菌，病情嚴重。今天早上我嘔吐了，我真的不確定我是否有機會留在船上。我保持沉默，這是我的責任。

“I'm not sure if that was the right choice because I didn't feel like I had much to give. But it would have been taking one of the top guys out of Isis and ruining their chances.

「我不確定這是否是正確的選擇，因為我覺得自己沒有什麼可以給予的。但這會讓伊斯蘭國的一名頂尖人物被帶走，並毀掉他們的機會。

“I felt like we needed to give them a fair fight. It would have been ideal to not have so much poo in the water. That's not to take away from Cambridge, I don't know if we would have had a chance to beat them even if we were all on form.”

「我覺得我們需要給他們一場公平的戰鬥。水裡最好不要有那麼多糞便。這並不是要從劍橋大學拿走，我不知道即使我們都處於狀態，我們是否有機會擊敗他們。”