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Head of the Charles Sunday in Pictures

Sunshine finally reached the Charles for the last day of the 61st regatta, as Holland Acht held off Harvard and St Paul's made it four youth eights titles in a row.

Words: Row360
Photography: Benedict Tufnell
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The sun came out for the final day of the 61st Head of the Charles. The programme ran from the men's youth singles at 7:45am to the Directors' Challenge mixed eight at 4:19pm, with youth, championship, lightweight and collegiate crews in between.

Rowing crews race past spectator stands at the Head of the Charles Regatta

World champions Holland Acht won the men's championship eights in 13:32.835, a little over half a second ahead of Harvard. Cambridge were third, ending their bid for a third straight win. The US World Championships bronze-medal eight took the women's title in 14:44.037.

St Paul's School won the men's youth eights for the fourth year running, with Radley second for a British one-two. RowAmerica Rye retained the women's youth eights, Tufts won the women's collegiate eights for a fourth consecutive year, and Los Gatos collected three titles.

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The full results and reaction are in our Sunday race report. Catch up on the opening day and Saturday in pictures.