Kiwis excel as Italian young guns impress
Emirates Team New Zealand tops the standings at the end of the opening day of the America's Cup prelim regatta in Jeddah with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and Alinghi Red Bull Racing making up the podium.
Aside from the race committee – who managed to put three races on the board on what was reputedly the lightest wind day of the three-day event – it is the America’s Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand who will be the happiest group in Jeddah tonight, having chalked up a 1,1,5 scoreline that sees them top the standings …
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