repêchage
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
repêchage /ˈrɛpəʃɑːʒ/
▶noun (in rowing and other sports) a contest in which the runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final.
– origin Fr., from repêcher ‘fish out, rescue’.
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