Barcelona ¨C Britain won its second race in the America¡¯s Cup final against New Zealand in tricky sea conditions on Wednesday, cutting the defending champions¡¯ lead to 4-2 and prompting skipper Ben Ainslie to say ¡°the comeback is on¡± in the first-to-seven series.
The British outmanuevered the New Zealand crew led by Peter Burling in the final seconds of the pre-start in Wednesday¡¯s second race and shot across the line in their foiling AC75 to establish an early lead, building on their success in the first.
¡°We need to ride this momentum now and keep getting ourselves back in the game,¡± Ainslie told reporters, adding that the British challengers would keep pushing for small performance gains in their high-tech boat.
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