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Britain end 60-year wait to compete for America’s Cup by beating Italy
- Ben Ainslie will lead GB against New Zealand next week
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Britain will compete for the America’s Cup for the first time in 60 years after securing the victory needed for the right to face the defending champions, New Zealand, next week. “We’ve got one more to go, boys,” the skipper, Sir Ben Ainslie, reminded his crew, as they crossed the finish line to defeat their Italian rivals.
Ineos Britannia had won the first of two scheduled races to secure a 7-4 victory in Barcelona over Luna Rossa in a best-of-13 series to lift the Louis Vuitton Cup.
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