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Alinghi proved clearly superior to San Francisco's Oracle for the second day in succession in today's second semifinal of the America's Cup challenger series on the Hauraki Gulf.
In the contest between the two top-ranked teams, both with New Zealand skippers, the Swiss boat, skippered by Russell Coutts, led throughout to win by 29sec.
They looked to be even more in control over the Chris Dickson-skippered Oracle than they had been yesterday when the winning margin was one minute 11sec.
Today, Alinghi extended their lead on each of the first four legs to be 1min 5sec up at the fourth mark.
While the margin closed on the last two legs, Alinghi never looked in danger.
Alinghi, who now lead 2-0, need just two more wins to go through to the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup.
If they achieved that, Oracle would go into a semifinal repechage with the winners of the contest between the lower-ranked Prada and OneWorld.
The losers of that contest will be out of the challenger series.
- NZPA
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