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America’s Cup
8 - 5 : ORACLE TEAM USA extends 34th America’s Cup with a pair of victories today over Emirates Team New Zealand
The defender won Race 14 by 23 seconds and Race 15 by 37 seconds in two wire-to-wire victories. ORACLE TEAM USA trails Emirates Team New Zealand 8-5 on the scoreboard and 8-7 in victories (the team’s first two victories weren’t counted due to a penalty imposed by the International Jury), but has won four straight since Emirates (...) -
America’s Cup
8 - 3 : Oracle Team USA gets lucky in race 13
Emirates Team New Zealand came within one nautical mile of winning the 34th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup today, but then fell afoul of the 40-minute time limit. When Race 13 was re-sailed, the Kiwis were thwarted by a penalty and good speed Speed #speedsailing from defender ORACLE TEAM (...) -
America’s Cup
8 - 2 : ORACLE TEAM USA kept alive its hope of retaining the America’s Cup with a wire-to-wire win in Race 12
Skipper Jimmy Spithill and crew defeated challenger Emirates Team New Zealand by 31 seconds, aided by a 6-second jump off the start line. Spithill did a great job in the prestart, gaining a leeward hook with 20 seconds to the start that forced Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker to tack away to avoid the risk of a (...) -
America’s Cup
8 - 1 : Emirates Team New Zealand on precipice of winning 34th America’s Cup
About 38 minutes later, as the two crews were jockeying for position on the start line of Race 12, the race committee postponed the sequence because the wind strength had exceeded the prescribed 20-knot limit, forcing the Kiwis to wait until tomorrow for a chance to close out the (...) -
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7 - 1 : Races 9 & 10 provide great spectacle in San Francisco
In what ranks as one of the most enthralling races from start to finish in America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup history, Emirates Team New Zealand scored a 16-second victory in Race 10 of the 34th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . The win came after ORACLE TEAM USA scored a 47-second victory in Race 9 to gain its (...) -
America’s Cup
Dean Barker avoids capsize in race 8 but let James Spithill win a second point
Only one race was held today, but tonight fans of the defender see a chance for a comeback after a 52-second victory in Race 8. Fans of the challenger are thankful their AC72 AC72 #AC72 is still upright and in one piece, safely tucked back in the team base after a near capsize on the upwind (...) -
America’s Cup
6 - 0 : Emirates Team New Zealand sweeps two from ORACLE TEAM USA
America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup defender ORACLE TEAM USA grabbed headlines this morning when the day’s crew lists were released. The defender had changed tacticians, inserting four-time Olympic gold medalist Ben Ainslie in place of past America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup champion John (...) -
America’s Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand leads the series 4-0 after after a big win in race 5
Challenger Emirates Team New Zealand won Race 5 of the 34th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup convincingly, and then Defender ORACLE TEAM USA used its one and only “postponement card” to try and put a halt to the Kiwi’s winning ways. -
America’s Cup
Oracle Team USA win a first race against the kiwi team
Defender ORACLE TEAM USA and challenger Emirates Team New Zealand split the two races. The Kiwis won the first by 28 seconds, overcoming a penalty and passing the defender in an exhausting tacking duel on the upwind leg. ORACLE TEAM USA rebounded to win the second race by a scant 8 (...) -
America’s Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand wins the first 2 races of the 2013 America’s Cup Finals
Emirates Team New Zealand has won the first race of the 2013 America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . But it wasn’t easy. The Kiwis led off the line and into the first mark. But ORACLE TEAM USA made a pass on the upwind leg, before the Emirates crew regained the lead for good on the second half of the (...)