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repechage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of repechage
repechage
He failed to qualify from his heat and then had to come through the repechage.
From the independent.co.uk
Their repechage, the faster of two, was a melee between themselves, China and the USA.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This put him into the repechage but with a long way to go to the bronze.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
The remainder go to the repechage where they must place in top three to make semi-finals.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
In his second repechage bout, Johnston lost to Rajul Mann of India.
From the thenewstribune.com
Judokas who lose to eventual semi-finalists enter the repechage and can still win a bronze.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
The runners-up will go to Peterborough on Thursday for the repechage.
From the theargus.co.uk
Qualifying matches began in 2006 and finished with a repechage tournament in November 2007.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The losing boats from each heat may be given a second chance to qualify through a repechage.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
- Repechage (/ru0259pu025Bu0283u02C8u0251u02D0u0292/; French: repu00EAchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round.
- A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round
- Alternative spelling of repechage
- A second heat to afford another chance of qualifying to those running second best in preliminary heats
- [French] second chance; a round in a track racing series that allows a second chance for losers of early qualifying heats.
- A second chance race. Boats that fail to advance to the next round can qualify for repechage. Typically, winners advance to the next round.
- The competition formula which gives losers of a direct elimination bout a second chance to stay in the competition
- The second chance race given to those crews which fail to qualify for the final from an opening heat. All the heat losers are drawn again and the repechages are raced. "Rep" qualifiers move onto semifinals or finals depending on the number of entries. Used in international racing.
