The Emirates Team New Zealand wins the Challenger round for the America’s Cup against the Swedish Team. In the final, comes up against defending champion Oracle now for a renewal of the dramatic Cup match of 2013.
Curtain on to the big rematch: new Zealand has the 35. The America’s Cup in Bermuda re-enter the finals and challenge in a new edition of the spectacular match of the 2013 title defenders USA. The Kiwis ‘ Skipper Peter Burling celebrated on Monday in the Challenger finals in his first race against Sweden in the crucial fifth win for the 5:2-end of the series of first to five.
The Oracle Team USA Skipper Jimmy Spithill was as the title defender for the real Finale in the America’s Cup from the age of 17. June is already set. The Americans had participated out of competition but, nevertheless, at the first challenging round with eight Victories in ten races before new Zealand (8:2). The USA with 29 triumphs America’s Cup record winner, new Zealand has won the coveted trophy in 2000 and 2003.
Spectacular Race To Catch Up
USA against new Zealand – this match had taken care of four years ago, for headlines. At that time, the new Zealanders were against the Oracle Team with a 8:1 lead, after a crazy race to catch up, the Americans retained but in the end with 9:8 the upper hand. The event in the Bay of San Francisco was one of the most spectacular Comebacks in the sport’s history. “We are here to get the Cup back,” said Peter Burling after crossing the finish line.
The seventh duel between new Zealand and the Swedish Yacht Artemis with Skipper Nathan Outteridge was marked on Monday afternoon, local time of strongly changing winds to lull. This was also the reason why the first start had to be aborted at 14.00 local time.
Emirates Team: Start-To-Finish Victory
56 Seconds Ahead Of
Well, two hours later, after the Wind was freshened, the restart, in the Burling from the Start, better in the race came and a comfortable lead went out. The Rio Olympic Champions in the 49er class made the most of this advantage and cruised to ultimately the finish line first. His lead was 56 seconds. “That was a tough fight, now we are glad to be in the final,” said Burling, a marriage aboard the champagne squirted in torrents from the bottle.
sw/asz (dpa, sid)