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After steering New Zealand to the 35th edition of the greatest prize in world sailing, Peter Burling is the youngest ever America’s Cup winning helmsman with overwhelming victory over Oracle USA. Emirates Team New Zealand completed the upset over holders Oracle Team USA with a 7-1 dismantling and leaving behind the heartbreaking 2013 defeat in San Francisco that saw them turn an 8-1 lead to a 9-8 defeat at the hands of the Americans. Burling and his underestimated crew imprinted New Zealand’s name into the oldest trophy in world sport – the Auld Mug – for a third time, spoiling […]