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VALENCIA, Spain - Larry Ellison's space-age trimaran BMW Oracle has won back the America's Cup for the United States by speeding across the Mediterranean to rout two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland for a two-race sweep.
VALENCIA, Spain - Race 2 of the America's Cup has started, and challenger BMW Oracle got an instant boost when two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland was penalized for being in the starting box before the 5-minute gun sounded.
VALENCIA, Spain - Perched high above the waves on a carbon-fiber multihull, BMW Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill looks more like a character out of Star Wars than an America's Cup helmsman as he employs high-tech fighter jet glasses and a voice-command PDA to glide a giant boat three times the speed of wind through the sea.
VALENCIA, Spain - BMW Oracle helmsman Jimmy Spithill showed why he is regarded as one of the world's best match-racers in leading the USA trimaran to a 1-0 lead over Alinghi in the America's Cup.
