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The America's Cup
美洲赛奖杯

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双桅帆船「美洲号」 (America) 赢得「百吉尼杯」 (Hundred Guinea Cup) 冠军
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后来,队员们认为这个奖杯应该被永久保存下来,做为与其他国家队伍继续进行友谊赛的精神象征,所以他们决定把奖杯捐赠给「纽约快艇俱乐部」 (New York Yacht Club) ,而这也是「美洲杯」 (America’s Cup) 比赛的由来。 

1870年开始,一直到1980年,每一次的比赛都是由美国派出的队伍获胜,一共赢得了24次的冠军 (比赛不是定期的) 。一直到1983年,才由澳洲快艇「澳洲二号」赢得冠军。虽然美国人在1987年的比赛中赢回奖杯,但是在那之前,国外队伍已经赢得了三次冠军。纽西兰则在2000年成功卫冕「美洲杯」的冠军。你有可能成为为美国赢得「美洲杯」的未来的水手之一吗?


The crew donated their trophy to the New York Yacht Club, under the condition that the cup "be preserved as a perpetual Challenge Cup for friendly competition between foreign countries," and the America's Cup race was born.

From 1870, the next time the race was held, until 1980, American yachts won the America's Cup race 24 times without a loss (the race is held irregularly). The Australian yacht Australia II finally took the cup when it won the race in 1983. Although Americans regained the cup in the next race (in 1987), non-American challengers have won the cup three times since 1983. New Zealand just became the first non-American club to successfully defend the Cup with its victory in America's Cup 2000. Could you be one of the future sailors to win the America's Cup for the United States?

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