The location of the next Cup, in 2024, was due to be announced on Friday, but Auckland’s containment, which is trying to eliminate the highly contagious Delta variant, has forced TNZ to give itself more time.
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« Containment due to Covid in New Zealand prevents members of the TNZ team from visiting the premises, a expliqué Team New Zealand. It was originally planned to hold essential face-to-face meetings to provide final feedback to the team. »
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Projects in Cork, Djebbah or Valence?
Despite its name, Team New Zealand is a private organization and has no obligation to organize the defense of its title in the prestigious sailing competition in New Zealand. The New Zealand government has made an offer of € 61million to keep the competition in the city, an offer TNZ deemed insufficient, although the union said it had not completely ruled out Auckland as a possibility.
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There are three offers abroad ” convincing and professional And which take time to be properly studied, explained TNZ. The organization did not provide further details, but the New Zealand press put forward the names of Cork (Ireland), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and Valencia (Spain).
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TNZ did not specify a date for the announcement of the host city of the next edition.
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