 Sailor dies as Swedish Cup entry capsizes Swedish racing team's sailboat capsizes near Treasure Island 
 
 A two-time Olympic medalist on the Swedish America's Cup racing team was killed Thursday when his team's cutting-edge sailboat tipped during training on San Francisco Bay, trapping him underwater for at least 10 minutes. "We obviously had a tragic day out on the bay," said Artemis CEO Paul Cayard, a six-time America's Cup veteran whose team is sponsored by the Royal Swedish Yacht Club. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the Simpson family, his wife and kids and the rest of the team. The Artemis boat was also destroyed, but the team has a second boat available. This is the second time a sailor has died during training for the America's Cup. A San Francisco police officer from the department's marine unit then jumped aboard and began performing CPR as the boat raced toward an ambulance waiting on shore near the St. Francis Yacht Club, said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White. It was the end of a celebrated career: A sailor since he was 6, Simpson won gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and silver in the 2012 London Games. The other sailor suffered minor injuries, and the rest of the 11-man crew was accounted for and taken back to their dock in Alameda in a boat operated by Oracle Racing, the America's Cup holder. It was not immediately known what caused the boat, a 72-foot catamaran with a 131-foot-tall wing sail, to capsize. The boat's bright-red underside was visible from the northeast shore off Treasure Island as a dozen other boats surrounded it and towed it to the island.
– An America's Cup sailor is dead after his team's yacht capsized during practice in San Francisco Bay this afternoon. He has been identified as Olympian Andrew Simpson of Great Britain, and authorities say he got trapped beneath the 72-foot catamaran when it flipped about a half-mile off shore, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The boat belongs to Sweden's Artemis racing team, and it's too early to say what caused the accident. "The entire team is devastated by what happened," says Artemis CEO Paul Canyard. "Our heartfelt condolences are with Andrew's wife and family." Rescuers pulled a dozen crew members from the water, and one other person suffered minor injuries, reports AP. The 36-year-old Simpson competed in the Olympics more than once and was a gold medalist.