Gold medalist dead after boat capsize in san fransisco San fransisco, ca friends and fellow sailors mourned see results about Handbags double olympic medalist andrew simpson after the shocking news that he had died in san francisco bay while training for the america cup. The british sailor death followed the capsizing thursday of a 72foot artemis racing boat during a training run. After simpson, 36, was pulled from the water, attempts were made to revive him on a boat aiding the rescue operation and on land, but they were unsuccessful. The other 10 crew members were all accounted for, sweden artemis racing said. Entire artemis racing team is devastated by what happened, artemis racing chief executive paul cayard told reporters in alameda, the city in eastern san francisco bay where the team is based. Prayers are with andrew simpson family, his wife and kids, and also the rest of my teammates.It a shocking experience to go through, and we have a lot to deal with in the next few days in terms of assuring everybody well being.Said the catamaran was control but that the team first concern was for its people. Simpson Louis Vuitton Scarves won a gold medal in sailing star class at the 2008 olympics in beijing and silver at last year olympics, when britain was the host nation. Swedish artemis team member magnus augustson told sweden daily newspaper aftonbladet he was shaken by the accident and greatly saddened by the loss of great deals a friend. Was the one who found him.It is the worst thing that has ever happened, he told www.furrst.comthe paper. Had been sailing for a couple of hours and everything had been going great, but then suddenly the boat tipped over.I don really know what happened, i haven seen any pictures since i am still very shaken by it.Boat was built using special materials to be as lightweight and good as possible, he said. Whole thing was very scary.I fell off the boat, but jumped on board again.We knew how many people had been on board but we hadn found everyone.So we started searching, lifting and looking around.But it is a very large boat and everything is so heavy, and there was a lot of wind.Told aftonbladet it had taken long while to find simpson.Have a medic with us and he did everything he could to try and resuscitate him.But there was nothing we could do, he said. This makes you wonder.It feels a bit ridiculous to be doing sports right now.It feels unnecessary.He had a kid and a wife.And he was a good friend.Of britain royal yachting association also said they were devastated by the news. Is someone i worked closely with since the age of 16 he was a great talent, performance director john derbyshire said in a statement. Was a huge inspiration to others, both within the british sailing team and across the nation, and our deepest sympathies go out to his family at this terrible time.Park, the royal yachting association olympic manager, said simpson was fantastic sailor who got the best out of everyone he sailed with.He was much loved and will be sorely missed by everyone in our close knit team.America cup is the oldest trophy and most prestigious trophy in sailing, dating more than 150 years.Teams from only four nations have won it:The united states, australia, new zealand and switzerland.The new york yacht club held the cup for well over a century.
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