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America's Cup World Series: Opening Media Conference ahead of racing on Thursday

by Sail-World.com/NZ 15 Dec 2020 23:41 UTC 16 December 2020
Ben Ainslie, Peter Burling, Max Sirena and Terry Hutchinson - America's Cup World Series Opening Media Conference - December 16, 2020 © Richard Gladwell / Sail-World.com

The Media Conference for the America's Cup World Series was held at the America's Cup Media Centre this morning.

Present were Regatta Director Iain Murray and skippers for each of the teams Ben Ainslie (INEOS Team UK), Peter Burling (Emirates Team NZ), Max Sirena (Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli) and Terry Hutchinson (American Magic). They were joined by Tina Symmans (America's Cup Events) and Francesco Longanesi (Prada). The session was compared by Bruno Trouble and consisted of a live session dominated by mainstream media, with a Zoom session for international sailing media.

Racing gets underway on Thursday (NZT) and will be broadcast live on 1332AM - commentated by leading America's Cup broadcaster, Peter Montgomery.

The world wide broadcast details can be viewed by clicking here it will also be broadcast live on the America's Cup Youtube Channel www.youtube.com/c/americascup.

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