America's Cup winners back in groove for Olympics tilt


FILE PHOTO: Silver medallists New Zealand's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke celebrate during the 49er sailing class victory ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Weymouth and Portland, southern England, August 8, 2012. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT YACHTING OLYMPICS)

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Winning the Tokyo Olympics test event in Enoshima may have appeared a cakewalk for Rio gold medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, but the duo said it had taken them some time to get used to the 49er class yacht again.

The New Zealand pair dominated their sport in the previous Olympic cycle as they won all 28 of the major regattas between 2012 and 2016 before they sealed gold in Rio.

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