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Sailing-Ainslie sets SailGP pace with dominant debut in Sydney

Sailing-Ainslie sets SailGP pace with dominant debut in Sydney

帆船-安斯利在悉尼首次亮相,樹立 SailGP 的步伐
路透社 ·  2020/03/01 00:23

Feb 29 (Reuters) - Britain's Ben Ainslie and his new crew dominated the first event of SailGP's second season in Sydney, winning four out of five fleet races and then beating titleholders Australia in Saturday's high-speed head-to-head finale.
   Ainslie beat local hero Tom Slingsby and his Australian crew, who incurred a penalty at the start of their match race, which the event's organisers said was watched by thousands of spectators gathered around Sydney Harbour.
   This followed a series of five races between the seven teams competing in state-of-the-art F50 catamarans, which 'fly' above the water on hydrofoils, with Ainslie's crew clear leaders on points ahead of Slingsby's.
   "It's certainly been one of the best sailing events I've ever taken part in. Incredible conditions on the harbour, it doesn't really get any better than that. It's been magical," Ainslie, the most successful sailor in Olympic history, said.
   Ainslie's was the first overall event win by a British crew in the SailGP championship, which was set up in 2018 by Oracle  founder Larry Ellison and America's Cup veteran Russell Coutts and culminates in a winner-takes-all $1 million prize.
   "It was all going well until the last race where we made a big mistake at the start. SailGP Season 2 has already kicked off a lot bigger than last year and I'm looking forward to the next event," Slingsby said.
   Sailing's equivalent of Formula One uses an updated version of the catamarans which featured in the last America's Cup in 2017 and have hit speeds of 50 knots (93 kms per hour).
   Newcomers Spain also made an impact in their first SailGP races, but were penalised for a crash with the French crew in the first race on Friday which meant they were fourth overall.
  
   INEOS-backed Ainslie is taking on both the high-octane SailGP racing circuit and an America's Cup challenge in 2021 as part of a grand plan to create the world's leading sailing team.
   Its new series represents an evolution for SailGP as it seeks to build audiences and sponsorship. This month SailGP said it had sold a minority stake to sports and entertainment group Endeavor in a deal valuing it at $200 million.  
  
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America's Cup challenger Ainslie itching for SailGP fray

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(Reporting by Alexander Smith in London;
Editing by Tony Lawrence)
((alex.smith@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 8983; Reuters
Messaging: alex.smith.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)

2 月 29 日(路透社)-英國本·安斯利(Ben Ainslie)和他的新隊員主宰了 SailGP 第二個賽季在悉尼舉行的第一場賽事,在五場艦隊賽事中獲得四場勝出,然後在周六的高速頭對頭壓軸賽中擊敗冠軍澳洲冠軍。
安斯利(Ainslie)擊敗了當地英雄湯姆·斯林斯比(Tom Slingsby)和他的澳大利亞船員,他們在比賽開始時遭受了點球,該活動的組織者表示,聚集在悉尼海港周圍的成千上萬的觀眾。
在這之後,七支球隊之間進行了一系列五場比賽,參加了最先進的 F50 雙體船,該雙體船在水翼上「飛行」,Ainslie 的船員在 Slingsby 之前的點上清除了領導者。
「這肯定是我參加過的最好的帆船活動之一。港口上令人難以置信的條件,它並沒有真正比這更好。這太神奇了,」奧運歷史上最成功的水手安斯利說。
安斯利(Ainslie)是英國船員在 SailGP 錦標賽中贏得的第一場整體賽事,該賽事由甲骨文創始人拉里·埃里森(Larry Ellison)和美國杯資深羅素·庫茨(Russell Coutts)在 2018 年成立,並在獲勝者得到高潮-所有 $1 百萬獎金。
「這一切都很順利,直到最後一場比賽,我們在開始時犯了一個大錯誤。Slingsby 表示,SailGp 第 2 賽季已經開始比去年大了很多,我很期待下一場比賽。
帆船相當於一級方程式使用了 2017 年上屆美洲杯賽中的雙體船的更新版本,命中速度為 50 節(每小時 93 公里)。
新來者西班牙也在他們的第一場 SailGP 比賽中產生了影響,但在週五的第一場比賽中,法國船員因撞車而受到懲罰,這意味著他們整體排名第四。

IineOS 支持的安斯利(Ainslie)正在參加高辛烷值的 SailGP 賽道和 2021 年的美洲杯挑戰賽,這是打造世界領先帆船隊的宏偉計劃的一部分。
其新系列代表了 SailGP 在尋求建立受眾和贊助的過程中的演變。本月,SailGP 表示,它已經向體育和娛樂集團 Endedeor 出售了少數股份,價值為 2 億美元。

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(亞歷山大·史密斯在倫敦的報導;
由托尼·勞倫斯編輯)
(alex.smith@thomsonreuters.com;20 7542 8983;路透社)
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