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Britain ends 60-year America’s Cup final drought
A British yacht is back in the America’s Cup finals for the first time since 1964 after INEOS Britannia finished off Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli.
Britannia scored the winning point off Barcelona on Friday for a 7-4 series victory after a fast and flawless race in which it finished 17 seconds ahead of Luna Rossa, claiming the Louis Vuitton Cup as the best of five challengers.
The boat skippered by Olympic great Ben Ainslie will next face defender Team Emirates New Zealand in a first-to-seven wins series for the America’s Cup, starting on October 12.
Despite holding the most Olympic medals in sailing and having a rich maritime tradition, Britain has never won the biggest prize in the sport — a wait that runs back 173 years.
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