Athletics’ controversial new repechage system, in use for the first time at these Paris Olympics, descended into farce on ...

The repechage system, another way of saying ‘rescue’ round, has been used for some time across various Olympic sports, including track cycling, rowing and wrestling. But this is the first time ...

The repechage round is essentially an extra round that has been added in many events between the initial heats and the semifinals. Whereas in previous years the qualifiers to the semifinals would ...

Well, kind of. For the first time in Olympic history the track portion of the Games will include a “repechage round” — loosely translated from French to mean “second chance” — for sp ...

That's the beauty of the repechage rounds. Starting on Saturday at the Stade de France, all hurdlers and runners in the 200 through 1,500 meter races will get another start if they don't qualify ...

It’s called the repechage — pronounced rep-eh-shazh –— and it loosely translates in French to “to fish out” or “second chance." Track athletes competing in the following events now get an extra round ...

That’s the beauty of the repechage rounds. Starting on Saturday at Stade de France, all hurdlers and runners in the 200 through 1,500-meter races will get another start if they don’t qualify ...

More than half of the Olympic track and field program remains, but we already have enough evidence that this Games’ new thing, the repechage rounds, shouldn’t be repeated. These are the first ...

“The repechage rounds will give more exposure to our sport during the peak Olympic period and will be carefully scheduled to ensure that every event on our Olympic programme retains its share of ...

PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - American Freddie Crittenden was relieved to have a repechage round available to him at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, as he moved gingerly through his 110 metres hurdles ...

For the purposes of Olympic wrestling, repechage is a method in which wrestlers are given an opportunity to challenge for a bronze medal, despite losing earlier in the tournament. The repechage ...

Approaching the halfway point of the Paris Olympics athletics programme, the introduction of a repechage round has already proved controversial. Aimed at giving athletes a second chance of making ...