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In the full glare of the world's media spotlight, in a race sandwiched between the opening two races of the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup Match, Italy's Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli beat Britain's Athena Pathway to win the inaugural Puig Women's America's Cup after an impressive demonstration of cool, calm, and collected match-racing of the highest...

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Triumph. Luna Rossa's team composed of Marco Gradoni and Gianluigi Ugolini as helmsmen and Federico Colaninno and Rocco Alekos Falcone as trimmers won the Youth America's Cup for the first time, beating American Magic in the final. The American boat finished 36 seconds behind. Luna Rossa thus took home the first edition of the trophy reserved for U...

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The Youth America’s Cup will be decided by one winner-take-all match race between Italy and USA on September 26. The teams, representing Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and NYYC American Magic respectively, survived an elimination format that began with 12 teams. Today was elimination day as six teams – three representing America’s Cup entrants and three...

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Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli eliminated NYYC American Magic on Thursday and advanced to the challenger’s final of the America’s Cup. Luna Rossa won the series 5-3 after a flawless and fast regatta where the Italian yacht finished a minute ahead of its American rival. “We are super happy. It has been a fantastic journey in this semifinal and we are read...

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Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti are Olympic bi-champions in the Nacra 17 mixed, sailing. The Italian duo finished in 2nd place in the Medal Race won by France, but with no medal hopes. After yesterday's long wait with no wind, the Italians did well to keep their concentration high. After the first upwind side of the Medal Race, with wind still drop...

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Italy’s Marta Maggetti grabbed Olympic gold in the women’s windsurfing final on Saturday, staging a comeback in the final stages of the high-speed race with a smart strategic split. Maggetti, 28, pumped her fist as she crossed the line and then leapt off her board into the Mediterranean in celebration. The Italian’s break away from her rivals in th...

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A total of 418 sailors from 70 countries competed in the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships, held July 15-19 in Lake Garda, Italy. The host country retained their Nations Trophy, awarded to the best overall nation, by winning six of the 11 events Maria Vittoria Arseni and Antonio Pascali led the way in men’s and women’s ILCA 6, as did Carola Co...

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At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Italy stunned the world by winning 40 medals, a record for the Azzurri since they have been participating in the Olympics. Above all, it amazed with its five victories in athletics, the queen of Olympic sports. From July 26, in Paris, for the third time in history, athletes fr...

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The Italian team #204 Acrobatica sailed by Alberto Riva and Jean Marre completed their dominate two-week run, becoming the 2024 Atlantic Cup Champions in Portland, ME. After winning the two offshore stages, they also won the first coastal race yesterday with today’s coastal race abandoned due to low visibility from foggy conditions. After claiming...

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Cagliari, the city that just surprises at every juncture, didn’t disappoint. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli launched the boat that every Italian fan, the sailing-mad ‘Tifosi’, hopes will win the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup and bring the trophy to the magnificent Island of Sardinia. In front of Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, the new boat was un...

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