Team USA Stages Greatest Comeback in America’s Cup History (+video)
SAN FRANCISCO – Now that Oracle Team USA has improbably retained the 34th America’s Cup, what can Larry Ellison & Co. do for an encore?
Oracle’s billionaire bankroller has many questions to answer in the weeks ahead after his team, under the never-say-die skipper Jimmy Spithill, staged the greatest comeback in 162 years of the competition.
Trailing 8-1 a week ago, Oracle sailed away from Emirates Team New Zealand by 44 seconds on Wednesday to retain the Auld Mug, the oldest trophy in international sports, in a winner-take-all finale on San Francisco Bay.
The American-backed team won eight consecutive races to win 9-8 in the first-to-nine series.
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