The Comeback

One of the greatest comebacks in sports history, ORACLE TEAM USA successfully defended the 34th America's Cup.

[@TermiteUSA]

In 2013, I lived thru cancer during this racing, often watching in the hospital while receiving chemo. As a sailor not allowed to do what you love most after breathing, it was a great show and I was fortunate enough to never be sick in the process.

[@nigelrichardson6825]

Watching in 2021 as the current Americas Cup gets close to being won I clearly remember watching the 34th edition. For the Americans to be 8-1 down and not give up - simply one of the most astonishing displays of self-belief and focus the sporting world has ever seen. I have taken life lessons from this - NEVER. GIVE. UP. NEVER.

[@stefanzzz6778]

Race 8 in AC 36. NZ 4&1/2 minutes down in a 25 min race, won by 4 minutes... and eventually took the cup. Because they learnt from 2013 and never gave up. Never give up.

[@gvatech]

Awesome! I had so much fun going from frustration from the two-race penalty to elation of this comeback! The best sports fun ever!

[@johndoucakis]

Very nice edit showing the story of a great comeback. In all fairness to the Kiwis, it would have been more objective to also include highlights of the 3 races they were leading but were canceled due to wind and time limits..

[@FMejiaLeonJODIDO]

Good Point John. There is a video somewhere here that shows what you mention. I will try to find it and give you the link. There is a lot of videos to search again but I will look for it!

[@snashsf1]

Best Summer Ever! Thanks Oracle Team USA, Congratulations, and I can hardly wait for AC35. I can't help but keep looking over my shoulder on SF Bay hoping to see J. Spithill and crew coming around under the bay bridge!

[@MAdDyMatt]

Remember watching these races first thing every morning.

[@Samwa351]

Defiance - a powerful Motivator

[@jackever]

Wow! I was there on the pier and other places! Even on stage after finish due to security errors thinking my press pass was a team pass!

[@postiecat8]

Never gets old. This was so AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

[@iCorlitotv]

Amazing. Doesn't get much better than this!

[@dundeedolphin]

Jimmy Spithill. Sledger extraordinaire.

[@guests5863]

ABSOLUTELY the greatest spectacle in the history of sports in any discipline.

[@ronaldposmentier1901]

This clip is the best ways to show those who are unfamiliar with our sport what it's all about, and to get them keyed up for Bermuda.

[@tHoM0r]

turning on some software to manufacture a comeback

[@tsfullerton]

I heard they hit over 50 mph; 47-48 knots. We will never see a more spectacular comeback in our lifetime.

[@skullmangaming1413]

Can't whit till the 35th Americas cup go team USA!

[@johndoucakis]

Music at the end is "Power To Progress" Darren Loveday & Stephen Loveday

[@chrissyboi88b]

People don't seem to talk much about Sir Ben Ainsley as the NZ team were totally lost outplayed and out manoeuvred until he got on the boat. The Americans were beaten until Ben joined the boat," says Sir Knox-Johnston. "Ben may be risking his life if he visits New Zealand, but there's no question it was Ben's arrival which changed the chemistry completely." A quote their from an inspirational person. The fact is team oracle were dead in the water, they WERE going to loose until Ben joined. GO BEN!! 😂

[@lianatoma4716]

Perfect race.

[@samm.6654]

Meh, Emirates will get them next time. I'm an American citizen but I was born in New Zealand so I could really say I won either way. :D

[@michaelrosspearson9756]

Sam M. you were right.

[@zoepaulastrassfield2664]

Congrats, you're a psychic! Or should we say, an oracle...

[@preteristlab-endtimes5683]

Nail-biting fightback. I could not believe the Aussie skipper saying 'to come back from 7-1 makes it all the better!' Amazing mental toughness.

[@timdick825]

Thanks to Paul Bieker adding interceptors to the stern of Oracle, providing lift to get the boat out of the water in light air...

[@HighOnTheWire]

what was them music at the end ?

[@mitshumarner5870]

Greatest comeback in sports history - period. Sad part was that the follow up had key members of this fantastic team sailing with other teams and thus the defeat and eventual return to NZL of the Auld Cup.

[@m0sredrum]

Sweeter then pie.

[@newyorkstateymcaswimming6947]

Team USA

[@lianatoma4716]

Get stronger.

[@LarryH54]

So with an Aussie skipper, did Australia actually win the AC?

[@chrissyboi88b]

If we go by that logic, then Sir Ben Ainsley should have been bringing it back to the UK as the team were totally lost, outplayed and out manoeuvred until he got on the boat. The Americans were beaten until Ben joined the boat," says Sir Knox-Johnston. "Ben may be risking his life if he visits New Zealand, but there's no question it was Ben's arrival which changed the chemistry completely."

[@lastgreg8488]

Pardon My Take brought me here.

[@JimmyGr90]

Why was it "-1" for the oracle team at some point?

[@robm425]

they had a two race penalty at the start of the series. So before the first race Oracle was at -2 and NZ was at 0 in a best of 9 series. Oracle needed to win 11 races to keep the cup while NZ only had to win 9

[@JimmyGr90]

***** thanks!

[@SwagMaster-fq8qg]

+robm425 It wasn't a "best of 9". It was a "first to 9". If it were a best of nine then they wouldve only need win 5 races.

[@bparno]

Wouldn't it have been nice if there was an American on the U.S.A team. Oh they did, the tactician they fired. They should call this the Oracle cup, not the America's cup.

[@SwagMaster-fq8qg]

+bparno It's not called the "America's Cup" because of the nationality of the sailors. It's been called the "America's Cup" since 1851 when the yacht "America" of the New York Yacht Club won the 100 Guinea Cup, which was hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron of England. The New York Yacht Club took the cup back to America, and the race was renamed "The America's Cup".

[@FMejiaLeonJODIDO]

THERE WERE 3 AMERICAN DUDES. GOT IT?

[@mattmatt7305]

Team USA - with a Kiwi skipper and a Brit tactician… only three Americans on the final boat.

[@alexandre8395]

Je te l'avais pas dit!?

[@johnbroadbelt]

Man , this was the biggest choke , I remembered the disbelief that followed ......... Thankyou Bermuda ! Redemption!

[@Darksagan]

lots of pasty people

[@FMejiaLeonJODIDO]

GO ORACLE............... GO AMERICA........... GO SF GIANTS!

[@1960rambo]

Great comeback true, but a real comeback is when you pick yourself up after a heavy defeat and return, lesson learnt, and comeback and smash the champ who beat you, as Team NZ did at Bermuda, after the horror of San Francisco...... whereas Oracle's response to being beaten in Bermuda by TNZ was to throw in the towel, Mr Ellison promptly throwing his toys out of the sandpit so to speak. Learning to be a good loser is one of the principles of being a winner.

[@kyyy8821]

Alright Mr know-it-all

[@weerawarakul1817]

rigged

[@Fooshiee]

THEY DIDNT DESERVE IT NZ DID NOT USE AUTOMATIC SHIT THEY DID

[@FMejiaLeonJODIDO]

ANOTHER BITTER KIWI? WOW.............. ALWAYS THE SAME........... ANYONE WHO DEFEATS YOU DO NOT DESERVE IT SHUT UP OR WIN IT. GOT IT??????????

[@FMejiaLeonJODIDO]

BY THE WAY................. EVERYTHING WAS WITHIN THE RULES!

[@staticman1263]

@@FMejiaLeonJODIDO Within the rules? your kidding right? Oracle went to court to get the rules changed to allow for the new tech they wanted to use. It was about who had more money. Oracle had financial backing in the courts which Team New Zealand could not match. Had Oracle continued to race with the equipment they started with they wouldnt have had a shit show of winning. Americas Cup bought and paid for and thats the truth of it.

[@TheGrannyRuby]

Not exactly informative!

[@wolfb4u]

Uh actually that announcer was wrong. The America's Cup is not in America. It's a sad day when our sport hero's are traitors.

[@FMejiaLeonJODIDO]

YES IT IS!!!!!!!!!!