Peter Burling's back in the hunt to become the first sailor to win the sport's so-called triple crown
Peter Burling's back in the hunt to become the first sailor to win the sport's so-called triple crown
29 May 2018
The Olympic and America's Cup champion is celebrating winning leg nine of the Volvo Ocean Race with Team Brunel, to now sit just three points behind new overall leaders, Dongfeng Race Team.
Burling's long-time crew-mate Blair Tuke and his team MAPFRE is in line to slip to second, a point behind Dongfeng with just two legs remaining.
Peter Burling says it's a dream outcome considering Team Brunel looked out of contention a few legs ago.
Burling says it's great to be able to challenge for the overall victory with two legs remaining and they're going to push hard to beat the two red boats.
The penultimate leg from Cardiff to Gothenburg starts in a couple of weeks.
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