воскресенье, 4 марта 2012 г.

U.S. Team Knocked Out of America's Cup

VALENCIA, Spain - Facing the first of four must-win races, BMW Oracle Racing swapped helmsman, put its owner back onboard and even changed its dock-out song Sunday.

All to no avail.

Luna Rossa of Italy beat the Americans again in their America's Cup challengers series, clinching the best-of-nine semifinals 5-1. For the first time in 24 years, there will be no American team in the Louis Vuitton Cup final.

The Italians routinely outsailed the Americans despite the nearly $270 million that owner Larry Ellison poured into BMW Oracle Racing to bring the Auld Mug back to the United States for the first time since Dennis Conner lost it in 1995.

"It certainly …

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