Betcha didn't know this was happening Wednesday afternoon.
Yeah, that's right, Yacht racing.
It's being called one of sports history's greatest comebacks. Oracle Team USA, down 8-1 just last week, has come back to win the America's Cup over Team New Zealand.
This was after Oracle Team USA was docked last week for modifying boats in warmup regattas and had to win 11 races to retain their title.
The race Wednesday, a winner take all, was Race 19 in the competition and took place on San Francisco Bay.
Here's your highlights...
((HT: NBC Sports))
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
America's Cup Moves Forward After Training Death
((americascup.com))
While saying a thorough review is in order after a training accident in San Francisco took the life of British Olympic sailor Andrew "Bart" Simpson, the people in charge of this years America's Cup say the event will proceed as planned.
Simpson was killed while aboard the Artemis boat in San Francisco Bay last week capsized and broke apart in the middle of a training run.
The committee in charge of the event did feel it necessary to create a review board to look at the team training and boat safety for the event that begins on July 4th.
You can read the committee statement RIGHT HERE
While Simpson's accident was horrible and unfortunate, on the surface, there is no indication of a problem. The Cup Committee is investigating what happened as they should. And nobody, at least that we've seen, is telling them they should cancel the event.
Our Sympathies go out to the Simpson family and hopefully a thorough investigation will figure out exactly why what happened, happened.
KGO-TV in San Francisco reports on the original incident:
While saying a thorough review is in order after a training accident in San Francisco took the life of British Olympic sailor Andrew "Bart" Simpson, the people in charge of this years America's Cup say the event will proceed as planned.
Simpson was killed while aboard the Artemis boat in San Francisco Bay last week capsized and broke apart in the middle of a training run.
The committee in charge of the event did feel it necessary to create a review board to look at the team training and boat safety for the event that begins on July 4th.
You can read the committee statement RIGHT HERE
While Simpson's accident was horrible and unfortunate, on the surface, there is no indication of a problem. The Cup Committee is investigating what happened as they should. And nobody, at least that we've seen, is telling them they should cancel the event.
Our Sympathies go out to the Simpson family and hopefully a thorough investigation will figure out exactly why what happened, happened.
KGO-TV in San Francisco reports on the original incident:
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