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repechage

American

[rep-uh-shahzh] / ˌrɛp əˈʃɑʒ /

noun

(in cycling and rowing) a last-chance qualifying heat in which the runners-up in earlier heats race each other, with the winner advancing to the finals.

repechage British

/ ˌrɛpɪˈʃɑːʒ /

noun

a heat of a competition, esp in rowing or fencing, in which eliminated contestants have another chance to qualify for the next round or the final

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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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Vocabulary of the Summer Olympics

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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

It was a fine morning's work for Laura Muir and Georgia Bell, who both qualified from their heats for the semi-finals, but fellow Briton Revee Walcott-Nolan dropped to Wednesday's repechage.

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

Less than an hour before, she had scored big in the final minute of a repechage to make it to the finals.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

Each of the losing crews would have to race in a repechage, a re-rowing, on August 13 and would need to win that heat to advance to the medal race the following day.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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