Published on October 13, 2024 at 7:13 p.m. / Modified on October 13, 2024 at 7:52 p.m.
The rotten autumn that overwhelms us has no place in Barcelona, an ocher and baroque checkerboard bathed in sun and drowned in tourists that La Rambla regurgitates in a constant flow towards the port. Here, if we complain about the weather, it is rather a lack of wind, which forced the organizers of the America’s Cup to postpone the fourth match scheduled for Sunday. Team New Zealand had just won the third. Let’s look on the bright side: this saved Ineos Britannia from already being led 0-4 in this final where you have to win seven times to lift the silver ewer. Zero out of three, therefore, and a reprieve for the British Challenger who will then have Tuesday off to try to find a miracle adjustment.
Team New Zealand, the defending champion (Defender), easily won the first two regattas held on Saturday (41 seconds and 24 seconds ahead), and even more easily the third on Sunday (52 seconds). On board, the crew led by helmsman Peter Burling looks as cool and relaxed as the relatives and friends lying on the artificial green of an artificial lawn deployed near the “kiwi” base. A little further away, in the Plaça del Mar fan zone, the British supporters are still feeling joyful defeat. Nothing serious since they are sitting in deckchairs, in the sun, a beer in hand. And then isn’t Ineos Britannia the team that has improved the most since the start of the competition at the end of August?
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