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Christopher Schwenker

'The toughest part has been gaining weight': World Champion track cyclist Ashton Lambie on finding the watts needed to power a 75-foot boat at 50mph

Ashton Lambie.

The America's Cup, the pinnacle event in competitive sailing, has a storied history dating back to 1851. It holds the distinction of being the oldest international competition still in existence of any sport. 

The Cup is a match race between sailing yachts from two rival clubs: one from the "defender" that earned the honor in the previous edition and the other from a "challenger" seeking to claim one of the most-coveted trophies in sports history. In the upcoming Cup, former World Champion and World record-holding track cyclist Ashton Lambie hopes to write history as part of the challenging team called American Magic.

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