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America’s Cup 2024: Great Britain beat New Zealand in races five and six – live
- Ineos Britannia win races and cut overall gap to 4-2
- New Zealand lead in battle to claim seven victories
Into the third leg, the Brits’ big sails keeping them ahead though the gap is dwindling to 1200m, though the New Zealanders complete the second leg a full kilometre down. The gap starts rising back up. New Zealand paying desperately for that earlier error. Ineos Britannia are halfway to their first win, that’s leg three done.
Into leg two, and the gap is 1600m ahead. The Brits trying to keep it simple and stay on the foils. The two lads in the cycling department pedalling like demons. The gap still growing, though New Zealand are travelling at the same 35km/h speed as the Brits. Leg two is completed with that lead.
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