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The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. [1] [2] [3] America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known as the defender) and the other from the yacht club that is challenging for the cup (the challenger).
The 2024 America's Cup was the 37th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. It was contested from 12 October 2024 as a first-to-seven-wins match-race series in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, between Taihoro, representing the defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron; [2] and Britannia, representing the Royal Yacht Squadron of the United Kingdom, which won the Louis Vuitton Challenger ...
The America's Cup is the oldest active competition in sport, having first taken place in 1851. After beating a fleet of British boats in the first event, the New York Yacht Club retained the ...
The 28th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1992 Citizen Cup defender selection series, America³, and the winner of the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup challenger selection series, Il Moro di Venezia. It was the first edition of the America's Cup that was sailed on International America's Cup Class yachts.
New Zealand led the first race from the start and finished 41 seconds and more than 400 meters ahead. Emirates Team New Zealand showed why it is the two-time defending America’s Cup champion ...
Emirates Team New Zealand beat Luna Rossa 7-3 in the 2021 America’s Cup in Auckland. Luna Rossa swapped in young helmsmen Ruggero Tita, an Olympic gold medalist, and 19-year-old Marco Gradoni ...
The 2021 America's Cup in March 2021 was the 36th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. It was contested on the inner Hauraki Gulf off Auckland , New Zealand, between the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Circolo della Vela Sicilia of Italy.
America’s Cup organizers said they launched this all-women competition as a platform to get more women into the elite sailing event. ... Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli's team celebrates after winning ...