New Zealand won the America’s Cup in Bermuda on Monday (local time), almost white-washing the US holders with a revolutionary boat and a new superstar sailor to avenge a humbling defeat four years ago.
A dominant Emirates Team New Zealand claimed international sport’s oldest trophy by 7-1 in Bermuda’s Great Sound, with 26-year-old Peter Burling becoming the youngest helmsman to secure sailing’s biggest prize.
In doing so, Burling usurped New Zealand’s nemesis Oracle Team USA skipper, Australia’s Jimmy Spithill, who won the cup in 2010 at the age of 30 and was hoping for a third successive victory for the syndicate bankrolled by Larry Ellison.
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