Updated: Sept. 26, 2013 at 4:27 AM
2013 America's Cup (55 images)
Defending champion Oracle Team USA won its first America's Cup race against New Zealand Sunday after dropping the first three contests. The America's Cup is a best of 17 series of races.
Emirates New Zealand nose dives in the water in the first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup finals against Italy's Luna Rossa in San Francisco Bay on August 17, 2013. New Zealand lost two crewmen overboard in the incident. The winner of the best of 13 finals will face Oracle in the America's Cup. UPI/Terry Schmitt
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Emirates New Zealand crew looks to a member in the water after a nose dive knocked two crew members off the boat in the first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup finals against Italy's Luna Rossa in San Francisco Bay on August 17, 2013. No one was injured. The winner of the best of 13 finals will face Oracle in the America's Cup. UPI/Terry Schmitt
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Emirates New Zealand passes the first mark in the first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup finals in San Francisco Bay on August 17, 2013. The winner of the best of 13 finals will face Oracle in the America's Cup. UPI/Terry Schmitt
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