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Campus race I organised — it's a famous competition (8,3)

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I believe the answer is:

americas cup

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'a famous competition' is the definition.
'americas cup' can be an answer for 'competition' (I have seen 'main competition' mean 'americas cup' so perhaps 'competition' could also mean 'americas cup'). I am not sure about the 'a famous' bit.

'campus race i organised' is the wordplay.
'organised' indicates an anagram.
'campus'+'race'+'i'='campusracei'
'campusracei' is an anagram of 'AMERICAS CUP'.

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for americas cup that I've seen before include "Yachting prize" , "International match between two sailing yachts, first held in 1851" , "International yachting trophy" , "Yacht-racing trophy" , "main competition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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