Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A trial heat, especially in rowing, allowing competitors who have already lost a heat another chance to qualify for the semifinals.
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- n. 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
Etymologies
Examples
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Sprint: After a qualifying round, riders compete one-on-one (sometimes three riders in repechage or four in consolation rounds) in a knockout tournament.
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Losers continue in repechage phase against winners of 5-8 races.
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In the heats, each boat can qualify for the semifinals or for a "repechage" round, which is essentially a second chance to make the semifinals.
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All events start with heats and boats that do not progress automatically get a second chance through the repechage roundWho's hotBritish double sculls pair Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger capped an unbeaten 2010 with world championship gold at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand.
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Mickelson and Cooke won their repechage to advance to the final, then rallied from 1.74 seconds down in the last 500 meters to win by 1.62 seconds.
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The U.S. almost added a second quadruple sculls medal — Ala Piotrowski, Jen Kaido, Liane Malcos and Lia Pernell won the repechage and finished fourth in the final.
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The heats, repechage and semifinal rounds winnow the contenders down to six boats for the final.
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Having won through the repechage Manchester knocked out the last Oxbridge survivors.
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Those eliminated in early rounds may qualify for a repechage (second-chance) round.
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When the brackets are reduced to two finalists each, the athletes who lost to the finalists qualify for a repechage round.
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