Question of the Day #707

Then there’s Ireland, who qualified through the repechage with a real team effort and have gas and guile; Terry Kennedy will be pulling a lot of their strings.

From the 11th paragraph of this article at The Guardian.

上記の文で、repechageの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "repechage" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈フランス語〉敗者復活戦

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a trial heat (as in rowing) in which first-round losers are given another chance to qualify for the semifinals

語源

Merriam-Websterによると、

フランス語の「2度目の機会」「失敗した候補者の再審査」の意味のrepêchageより。repêchageは、「引き出す」「探し出す」「救済する」の意味のrepêcherが語源。

Etymology

According to Merriam-Webster,

French repêchage second chance, reexamination for a candidate who has failed, from repêcher to fish out, rescue

Examples

• It will be interesting to see how the team does in repechage.
• The women's eight were eliminated, finishing fifth in a repechage from which four boats qualified for the final.
• This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.
• Livach — who had to win a repechage a few minutes earlier — was obviously tiring. — Tim Creason, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2021
• After losing to Japan by one run in the 10th inning in their first game out of pool play, Team USA had to battle back to win a repechage game over the Dominican Republic and a semifinal over Korea. — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021

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