America's Cup

With the recipe for two gold medals

Double Olympic champion Hans-Peter Steinacher is where it all comes together.(Bild: Red Bull Content Pool)

From the end of August to October, Barcelona will first host the Luis Vuitton Cup and then the 37th America's Cup. Team budgets in the hundreds of millions, high-tech, strict rules - Olympic sailing champion Hans Peter Steinacher still wants to keep everything as "simple" as possible. The "Krone" was on site.

The winner sets the rules. Period. That's how it has always been and how it will always be in the world's oldest sporting competition, which has been held since 1851 (!). As a result, the challengers sailing in the Luis Vuitton Cup off Barcelona from the end of August for the right to compete in the 37th America's Cup in October must adhere to the strict set of rules devised by defending champions Team New Zealand.