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Repechage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Repechage (French, pronounced re-pe-shage, literally re-fishing) is a practice amongst ladder competitions that allows participants that failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. |
 | | Because conditions such as wind vary between the heats, often significantly affecting a competititor's time, rowing's repechage system allows the "fastest losers" to qualify independent of the variable conditions in the opening heats. |
 | | In rugby union, the qualification process for the Rugby World Cup uses a repechage system, as does the Air New Zealand Cup, New Zealand's professional domestic competition. |
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