repechage
Americannoun
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repechages
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of repechage
1925–30; < French repêchage second chance, equivalent to repêch ( er ) to fish up again ( re- re- + pêcher to fish; Middle French, Old French pescher < Vulgar Latin *piscāre, Latin piscārī, derivative of piscis fish ) + -age -age
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In the women's 400m repechage, Victoria Ohuruogu won her heat with a season's best 50.59 to qualify for the semi-finals.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024
Jessie Knight also made the semi-finals, narrowly making it through her repechage to come second with a time of 55.10.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024
In the women's 400m heats, Amber Anning and Laviai Nielsen reached the semi-finals but Victoria Ohuruogu will have to make it through a repechage if she is to qualify.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024
Later in the competition, strong amateur surfers increasingly began knocking out top world surfers as they carved and slashed their way into the next round, forcing numerous professional athletes into a repechage.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
That evening the boys went down to the water in Griinau to watch the repechage boats and learn who would join them, Hungary, and Switzerland in the medal race.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
In the men's keirin, both Jack Carlin and Hamish Turnbull progressed to the quarter-finals, though Turnbull had to go through the repechages.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024
Competitors take part in heats and repechages before going on to contest the finals.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2021
Jones' Games might not be over just yet, however, as she could be given the chance to fight for the bronze medal in the repechages later on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2021
They qualified in second place from the repechages, behind New Zealand.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2016
Friend and Divers now have to contest the repechages to stay alive in the event.
From Time Magazine Archive
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