I've got nothing really to say about running at present so bare with me while I dwell on Emirates Team New Zealand's loss in the Americas Cup this week.
If anyone hasn't yet seen the stunning finish of the final Americas Cup race off Valencia held on Tuesday then this clip is a must view. Alinghi's winning margin of one second was the narrowest margin in Americas Cup history and it took Alinghi to 5 -2 in the best of nine series. Many commentators considered this Cup to be the most exciting and toughest fought Americas Cup match since Australia 3 took the cup off the New York Yacht Club in 1983.
As hard as it is for me to admit, the Emirates Team New Zealand crew were out sailed by a better crew and ALinghi were the deserved winners of the Cup. Dean Barker and his crew led at various stages in five of the seven races however through a combination of bad luck and poor decision making, including a disastrous lapse in judgement leading to the penalty they copped in the final race, they let slip the last four races to go down 5-2 having led the series early on by two races to one.
The Americas Cup is however in many New Zealander's blood now, and the team has already confirmed that they will be back to challenge for the cup again which could be as soon as 2009.
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Thursday, 5 July 2007
Alinghi too good for Team New Zealand
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I saw one of the races you guys lost up at Surfers on Austar. The one where they had to lower the main from the deck after the finish. Not sure what happened there. Great coverage though.
Hope you get it back in '09 (if we don't challenge).
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