{"id":102094,"date":"2021-07-19T01:33:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T01:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=102094"},"modified":"2021-07-19T05:01:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T05:01:49","slug":"australia-edge-rivals-in-nail-biting-sail-gp-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=102094","title":{"rendered":"Australia edge rivals in nail-biting Sail GP final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia&#x27;s Sail GP team celebrated winning their first event of the season in front of thousands of British fans on Plymouth Hoe.<\/p>\n<p>Overlooking Plymouth Sound where the F50 racecourse was located, supporters enjoyed a thrilling finish on a perfect English summer day.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian team, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/olympics\" title=\"Olympic\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympic<\/a> gold medallist Tom Slingsby, are aiming to be back-to-back season champions after their victory in Sail GP&#x27;s inaugural season in 2019 (2020&#x27;s season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"b29e47be-25eb-4304-8bd7-c4b6acdeced9\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b29e47be-25eb-4304-8bd7-c4b6acdeced9\" alt=\"Day2 of racing, Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby with team mates Kyle Langford, Ed Powys, Nick Hutton and Rhys Mara celebrate winning the The Great Britain SailGP\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At Plymouth Sound they edged the USA and France Sail GP teams in a nail-biting final.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;re now three events in, we&#x27;ve had lead changes at each one with different people winning each time, and we&#x27;re just starting the rollercoaster,&quot; Slingsby said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;ve got plenty more turns ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;ve come from close to the top of the leaderboard, to down at the bottom, and now we&#x27;re back at the top. There&#x27;s no form guide, every team has its day, and we&#x27;ve just got to hold on for the ride to try and make that Grand Final in San Francisco next March.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SailGP\/status\/1416767416139399169\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SailGP\/status\/1416767416139399169<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Australia&#x27;s British grinder Nick Hutton the win was extra special in front of home fans.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s always great to win and for me it&#x27;s extra special winning in Plymouth,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s as close as I&#x27;m ever going to get to racing at home so I&#x27;m super happy. The last race was very hectic for us, we didn&#x27;t make it easy for ourselves, but it was great to get it done.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The next stop on Sail GP&#x27;s calendar will see Aarhus, Denmark, host the fourth race of the season on August 20-21.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SailGP\/status\/1416795761031983109\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SailGP\/status\/1416795761031983109<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Australia&#x27;s Sail GP team celebrated winning their first event of the season in front of thousands of British fans on Plymouth Hoe. 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