preliminaries
Britishplural noun
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He swam the lead leg in the preliminaries, helping the team set an Olympic record that paved the way for a world-record win in the final.
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It’s time to start reaching peak form when the preliminaries will take place on Thursday at Birmingham High in preparation for next Thursday’s finals at the same venue.
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It was so hot on Saturday that a more than three-hour heat delay was imposed in the middle of the Southern Section Division 3 track and field preliminaries at Yorba Linda.
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The City Section track preliminaries and finals will be run on Birmingham High’s new Mondo track, which is like running on a carpet and improves times.
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Last week he ran a personal best of 15:03 at the preliminaries, so he put together back-to-back weeks reaching peak form.
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