A haka was performed at the delayed public handover of the Prada Cup to Luna Rossa in AucklandThe public ceremony in Auckland to hand over sailing’s Prada Cup to Italy’s Luna Rossa, was paused with a minute’s silence to mark the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Several hundred people including Luna Rossa team members and their families acknowledged the death of Luca Attanasio, who was killed when a United Nations convoy was attacked. Luna Rossa did maintenance on the boat on Tuesday, and has to prepare it with any new tweaks, before it is “measured” by officials ahead of the March 6, opening encounter. RICKY WILSON/Stuff A haka is performed for Italy's Luna Rossa at the ceremony where they received the Prada Cup. Luna and Rossa and Team New Zealand have not raced since a pre-Christmas warm-up series and will contest a first-to-seven wins format, to decide the America’s Cup.

Source: Stuff February 23, 2021 07:49 UTC