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Italians qualify for final

Source: Agencies | March 20, 2010, Saturday | Print Edition

MASCALZONE Latino of Italy beat Sweden's Artemis 2-1 in a best-of-three race series yesterday to qualify for the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy sailing regatta for America's Cup teams in Auckland, New Zealand.

Team New Zealand and Italy's Azzurra were 1-1 in their three-race semifinal when a fading wind and approaching darkness halted racing, leaving the series and the second finalist to be decided today.

Mascalzone Latino and Artemis split the first two races of their semifinal and Mascalzone won the deciding third race by 27 seconds when Artemis incurred a penalty on the first beat.

Artemis, skippered by American Paul Cayard and sailing with John Bertrand -- skipper of 1983 America's Cup-winner Australia II -- as an extra man, discharged the penalty before the final mark. The Swedish yacht closed on Mascalzone on the last downwind run but couldn't overtake.

"We're assembling a new team here. We've got a lot of America's Cup experience on board and we need to get that all glued together," Cayard said. "We made a huge step forward here in Auckland."

Azzurra, skippered by Francesco Bruni, overcame a penalty and the need to complete a penalty turn to beat Team New Zealand by 18 seconds in the first race of their semifinal. The Italian boat came from behind by picking up a wind shift on the third of four legs to snatch the race from the New Zealanders.
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