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November 20, 2011, Sunday
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ORACLE Racing's Jimmy Spithill and France's Energy Team swept their semifinal matches to reach the finals of the America's Cup World Series match racing championship in San Diego, California.
Spithill, the defending America's Cup champion, beat overall series leader Dean Barker and Emirates Team New Zealand in two races on Friday to set up a best-of-three final against Energy Team.
Energy Team beat Sweden's Artemis Racing, which was skippered by American Terry Hutchinson, in both races.
Sailed in fast, 45-foot catamarans with wing sails, the ACWS is a prelude to the 2013 America's Cup, which will be sailed in 72-foot catamarans on San Francisco Bay.
Oracle tested its massive trimaran off San Diego before beating Alinghi of Switzerland in Valencia, Spain, in February 2010 to return the America's Cup to the United States for the first time since 1995.
This is the first America's Cup racing in the US since Russell Coutts, now the CEO of Oracle's sailing team, led Team New Zealand to a five-race sweep of Dennis Conner off San Diego in 1995.
Spithill, the defending America's Cup champion, beat overall series leader Dean Barker and Emirates Team New Zealand in two races on Friday to set up a best-of-three final against Energy Team.
Energy Team beat Sweden's Artemis Racing, which was skippered by American Terry Hutchinson, in both races.
Sailed in fast, 45-foot catamarans with wing sails, the ACWS is a prelude to the 2013 America's Cup, which will be sailed in 72-foot catamarans on San Francisco Bay.
Oracle tested its massive trimaran off San Diego before beating Alinghi of Switzerland in Valencia, Spain, in February 2010 to return the America's Cup to the United States for the first time since 1995.
This is the first America's Cup racing in the US since Russell Coutts, now the CEO of Oracle's sailing team, led Team New Zealand to a five-race sweep of Dennis Conner off San Diego in 1995.
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