World Match Racing Tour - Ainslie wins King Edward VII Gold Cup

1:37 AM Tue 12 Oct 2010 GMT

'Paula Cox MP JP presents Ben Ainslie with the King Edward VII Gold Cup - World Match Racing Tour 2010' Subzero Images /WMRT Click Here to view large photo

World Match Racing Tour - Ben Ainslie, Great Britain's four-time Olympic medalist won the Argo Group Gold Cup and the $50,000 cash prize for the second year in a row. He and his TeamOrigin crew defeated Denmark's Jesper Radich 3-1, a victory that has lifted Ainslie to third in the World Match Race rankings. Ainslie used classic match racing tactics to continually attack Radich and his Gaastra Racing Team whose second place finish earned the team $20,000. Ainslie is only the second skipper to win the King Edward VII Gold Cup Trophy in two successive years since the event was ...

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by Talbot Wilson