Louis Vuitton Trophy: Thriller in La Maddalena goes down to the wire



9:43 PM Sun 6 Jun 2010 GMT
After being two races down, on match point, and trailing mid-way through the third race, Emirates Team New Zealand came back from the dead to win the Louis Vuitton Trophy in an action-packed afternoon of match race sailing. The New Zealand crew, winners of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland in February, prevailed 3-2 against the Synergy Russian Sailing Team, who won the first race of the day to lead 2-0 going into the vital third race. 'In the end it comes down to confidence in our team," said Dean Barker, skipper and helmsman of ETNZ. "It's hard to believe. It ...


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