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Tom Slingsby has credited Australia’s Bermuda Sail Grand Prix triumph to “a suffocation tactic”, after the chief govt and driver steered the team to a season-opening victory over the GOAT.
Australia led home Nice Britain, headed up by the legendary Ben Ainslie, and Canada, led by Phil Robertson, within the ultimate race.
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“We did a suffocation tactic on Ben’s aspect once they took over Canada, which is the place we get in entrance of them and do not allow them to breath, which allowed us to maintain our lead,” Slingsby mentioned.
“You realize you might be competing in opposition to the perfect whenever you go in opposition to Ben Ainslie, and I nonetheless regard him as the best sailor of all time.
“We have now been capable of get one up on him right here, however we all know he’s going to come back again robust.”
The win noticed Australia actual revenge on Ainslie and his British team, given it had misplaced to the powerhouse within the ultimate race of the season-two SailGP occasion in Bermuda.
Australia will goal for consecutive wins when the SailGP calendar reaches Chicago on the third weekend of June.
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