
Video: New Zealand Secures America's Cup Three-Peat with 2024 Win vs. Great Britain
New Zealand showed off its dominance in high-speed yachting once again on Saturday, defeating Great Britain in the 2024 America's Cup.
Emirates Team New Zealand took down Great Britain's Ineos Britannia by the score of 7-2 in the best-of-13 final in Barcelona, finishing the final leg with a delta of 37 seconds.
New Zealand has now won the event three consecutive times, marking the first three-peat in the modern history of the sport. As for Great Britain, the quest to win an Auld Mug continues after coming the closest the team has been in the 173-year history of the competition.
"It is just sinking in. What an amazing day, this team has been amazing, what an amazing feeling," New Zealand skipper Peter Burling said after the victory, per Joseph Wilson of the Associated Press.
Ben Ainslie, Ineos Britannia's captain, confirmed that the team will be the official challenger of record for the next America's Cup.
"This is our third go around, and every time we get closer," Ainslie said, via Andy Bull of The Guardian. "We got close this time. We didn't quite get there, but we're determined to keep going until we get the job done."
New Zealand has now won the competition five times since its first victory in 1995. As defending champions, Emirates Team New Zealand can chose where the 38th edition of the competition will be held after celebrating their massive accomplishment.


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