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An epic battle to decide who will take on dominant Team New Zealand in the 37th America ’s Cup begins on Thursday night , with Italy and the United States already showing the defending champions they face a fight to win international sport’s oldest competition again.
New Zealand will be involved in the group stage of racing but not the knock-out rounds and this is their final chance to finesse their approach. “We were expecting it to be tight and we were struggling to get the shifts right, but it’s going to be a close regatta,” said New Zealand skipper Peter Burling after his team’s tight victory over Italy last week.“I think we were a little frustrated with how we sailed plenty to go back and have a look at afterwards.” Italy were penalised three times in the regatta final race against New Zealand which ultimately cost them.
“I think we have a great boat, a great team, a great sailing team and I think it will be a very interesting America’s Cup.”The America’s Cup began in 1851 when the boat America of the New York Yacht Club beat England’s Royal Yacht Squadron, with the trophy named after the vessel.NYYC American Magic —
“The defender set a pretty hard mark, their boat’s very good and I think the Italians are equally as good but what you see is that all the teams are very close to each other and you’re not going to be able to spot anybody a lot of distance off the start line and expect to pass them.” Four-time Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie is the skipper of the British team, which is backed by billionaire Manchester United owner Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group.
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