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(swimming) A special swimming race in which the winner gets to compete in the next level of trials (typically the finals), where the competitors have not qualified for the next level by the usual elimination races..
If the disqualifications leave a vacancy for the full complement of finalists, swim-offs shall be continued among the disqualified swimmers until a full complement of finalists is assured.
The swim-off would be open to any athlete who hadn't competed in the official 200 free. Since the swim-off would be the last event at the Trials, the upshot allowed Mark to enter it without affecting any of his other races.
They came up with a compromise where he could compete in a special swim-off two months later.
Use swim-off when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Swim-off means (swimming) A special swimming race in which the winner gets to compete in the next level of trials (typically the finals), where the competitors have not qualified for the next level by the usual elimination races..
Common synonyms include sprint.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If the disqualifications leave a vacancy for the full complement of finalists, swim-offs shall be continued among the disqualified swimmers until a full complement of finalists is assured.
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