Britain's Ainslie 勝利，勝つs SailGP regatta. Team USA finishes third a day after a 乗組員 was 負傷させるd
Sir Ben Ainslie and 首長国s 広大な／多数の／重要な Britain earned their second straight SailGP regatta 勝利，勝つ on Sunday and the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs finished third a day after flight 監査役 Hans Henken was knocked unconscious and 入院させるd after the squad's 50-foot catamaran 衝突，墜落d hard off its 失敗させる／負かすs in strong 勝利，勝つd in Taranto, Italy.
Ainslie 勝つ／広く一帯に広がるd over three-time defending SailGP 支持する／優勝者 Tom Slingsby of Team Australia and Jimmy Spithill of Team USA. The Americans subbed in Taylor Canfield for Henken, who was 推定する／予想するd to spend a second night in the hospital.
The 勝利，勝つd dropped off during the podium race and the 16-minute time 限界 満了する／死ぬd, so race 管理／経営 awarded final positions based on the standings after five (n)艦隊／(a)素早い races, which Ainslie 支配するd with finishes of 2-2-3-1-2, with the Aussies second and Spithill third.
"明確に we were racing with a lot of 目的 today," said Spithill, who visited Henken in the hospital on Saturday night. "Without a 疑問, this was the toughest event we´ve ever had as a team, given what happened with Hans yesterday. He sent us a message this morning to get out there and `鎮圧する it,´ and yeah, we did. I´m really thankful to the team for really 焦点（を合わせる）ing on the day and getting some good results."
Henken was 負傷させるd during the third (n)艦隊／(a)素早い race Saturday when the American catamaran 衝突，墜落d off its 失敗させる／負かすs and buried the leeward 船体 in the water. That's where Henken was positioned and he was knocked unconscious for a short time. He was taken to the hospital after the race.
The team hasn't 解放（する）d 明確な／細部s of Henken's 傷害s, but they are 厳しい enough that Spithill said the team will need a 交替／補充 flight 監査役 for the next regatta in Andaluc?a-C?diz, Spain, in three weeks. Henken's wife, Helena, said in an Instagram 地位，任命する that he was in stable 条件. "If you know Hans, you know he's a ... stubborn 闘士，戦闘機 and you will be pleased to know he's 割れ目ing jokes," she said.
In this handout 供給するd by SailGP, Ben Ainslie, left, driver of the 首長国s 広大な／多数の／重要な Britain SailGP Team, and Matt Gotrel, grinder, run across the boat during a practice 開会／開廷／会期 ahead of the Italy Sail Grand Prix sailing event in Taranto, Italy, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Ricardo Pinto/SailGP 経由で AP)
Besides competing in SailGP, Henken, a Stanford grad, is （選挙などの）運動をするing for a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the 49er class in the Paris Olympics next summer.
Ainslie also won in Saint-Tropez, フラン, two weeks ago. He and Slingsby were part of Spithill's 乗組員 with Oracle Team USA when it pulled off a 素晴らしい 復帰 against Emi 率s Team New Zealand to defend the America's Cup in 2013 on San Francisco Bay.
"It looked like USA was going to 得点する／非難する／２０ a pretty historic 勝利，勝つ after a traumatic Saturday and then at the last minute we 設立する some 微風 on our own and it looked like we were going to go around the outside and take the 勝利，勝つ," Ainslie said. "Then they 終結させるd the race. The emotions. It was a roller coaster ride, but I´m just delighted for the team after a really solid 業績／成果 over the five races this 週末. It was a good 勝利，勝つ."
Ainslie, the most-decorated sailor in Olympic history, credited strategist Hannah Mills, the most-decorated 女性（の） sailor in games history, for her ability to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す the best 条件s.
"Considering how challenging it was, I think we were literally at 無 knots for やめる a lot of the race and it was so 激しい," said Mills, who got to hoist the トロフィー. "We just kept 静める and always felt like there was going to be an 適切な時期 to get 支援する into the race - and there was. But we ran out of time, so it was a 堅い race."
The Aussies held on to the season lead over Ainslie and Diego Botin of Spain, although Slingsby remains winless in Season 4 of tech 巨人 Larry Ellison's 全世界の league.
"I think the British deserved the 勝利，勝つ," Slingsby said. "We 設立する ourselves 説 it´s good for the 全体にわたる points, but it would be nice to 勝利，勝つ. They had the best points and I think that´s a lot fairer than if we finished that race somewhere and it would have been who´s ahead at the 権利 time. We got told when they called it off we´re ahead, but I don´t think we deserved to be ahead, so I´m happy for the British."
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In this handout 供給するd by SailGP, Ben Ainslie, driver of 首長国s 広大な／多数の／重要な Britain SailGP Team, at the wheel as he sits と一緒に Iain Jensen, wing trimmer, Luke Parkinson, flight 監査役, Nick Hutton, grinder, and Matt Gotrel, grinder, during a practice 開会／開廷／会期 ahead of the Italy Sail Grand Prix sailing event in Taranto, Italy, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Ricardo Pinto/SailGP 経由で AP)
