New Zealand achieves America’s Cup three-peat as Britain’s title quest goes on
Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton talks to a crew member crew ahead of the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup Day 6 race 9 in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct.19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Bernat Armangue]
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Emirates Team New Zealand has won the 37th America’s Cup by clinching match point for a 7-2 victory over INEOS Britannia. New Zealand secured a three-peat after also winning the oldest trophy in international sport in 2017 and 2021. It was the Pacific island nation’s fifth cup in total. New Zealand’s eight-man crew embraced and cheered on the deck of the 75-foot Taihoro after holding Britannia off to win Race 9. Britain has never won the America’s Cup in its 173-year history. They were competing in their first final in six decades.
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Emirates Team New Zealand races during the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup Day 6 race 9 in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct.19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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