Jimmy Spithill used Bulgarian 'heavy' to silence abusive Kiwi internet trollGETTY IMAGES Jimmy Spithill's remarkable 2013 comeback win with Oracle Team USA proved too much for some Kiwi fans. Spithill revealed the level of hatred directed at him and the lengths he went to stop some of it in his new biography, Chasing The Cup – My America's Cup Journey. GETTY IMAGES Oracle CEO Larry Ellison lifts the America's Cup in 2013 after his Team USA boat skippered by Jimmy Spithill secured unlikely victory over Team NZ. READ MORE:* TNZ inspire Spithill to try to win back America's Cup* Protocol for next America's Cup 'basically done'* Dalton on 'brutal' recovery mission* Is this a hint of the new America's Cup boat? Chasing The Cup – My America's Cup JourneyJimmy Spithill with Rob MundleBloomsbury Publishing- Stuff

Source: Stuff August 28, 2017 23:22 UTC