America’s Cup: back to Europe, Barcelona and Malaga in contention

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(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 28 – The only certain thing, at the moment, is that the challenge for the assignment of the America’s Cup of sailing is preparing to return to Europe. It hadn’t happened since 2010, when the Americans from Oracle snatched the trophy from the Swiss Alinghi, winners in the 2003 and 2007 editions. twists; one of these could be the reintegration into the race to host the Andalusian Malaga event. The cities competing for the most coveted and prestigious sailing event so far were Cork (Ireland) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), as well as Barcelona and Malaga. The Minister of Affairs and Labor of the Government of Catalonia, Roger Torrent, in an interview with Radio Catalunya, provided advances on the choice by the New Zealand ‘defender’ of the venue for the challenge, analyzing “the millionaire impact on hosting this event, aimed at improving the international image of Barcelona and Catalonia “. It would be the third time that Spain hosts the trophy, after the 2007 and 2010 editions in the sea of ​​Valencia.

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