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Sail-World.com : Mirsky Racing Team bow out of Gold Cup
Mirsky Racing Team bow out of Gold Cup
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'Mirsky Racing Team - Argo Group Gold Cup'
Bermuda Gold Cup/ Charles Anderson ©
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Two nil down at the start of the day in the quarter final match against multiple Olympic medalist Ben Ainslie and his Team Origin, Mirsky Racing Team had their work cut out for them if they want to advance to the next stage.
Coming out focused and fired up in the morning, MRT took the first race off Team Origin whilst inflicting a double penalty and comfortably sailing to victory.
With momentum on MRT's side, they went out to push Ainslie in the second race of the day and secure another win to even up the scores at 2-2.
The fifth and final race was a showstopper with MRT pushing the Brits the whole way round, but they didn't slip up and went on to take the Australians out of the competition.
With World Tour points at stake, MRT still needed to finish as high as possible, but in the fifth-eighth sail off they were out sailed by last years winner Johnnie Berntsson and local star Blythe Walker to finish in eighth position.
MRT has been relegated to second place on the World Match Racing Tour standings and going into the final in Malaysia they will still have a shot at the World Championship title.
'A lot of things didn't go our way this week, but we sailed well and only just missed out on the semi's to Team Origin. We have a lot of work to do in Malaysia, but we are still well in touch with BlackMatch and with a good result we will be able to take out this year's championship' said Mirsky who is now making his way back to Perth to begin training up for the finals in December.
More information on the Mirsky Racing Team or the World Match Racing Tour is available at http://www.mirskyracingteam.com
by Kyle Langford
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