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runner-up rink [1 record]

Record 1 2004-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Four curlers forming a team having enough points to be second in the standings of the regular season or of a tournament in progress and which has, actually, the possibility of finishing the season or the tournament in first place, both situations awarding it the title of champion.

OBS

Distinguish a curling team from the playing area, both called a rink.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Quatre curleurs ou curleuses formant une équipe qui a accumulé suffisamment de points pour occuper la deuxième place au classement régulier ou à celui d'un tournoi et qui, au moment où l'on parle, peut prétendre terminer la saison ou le tournoi en première place, ce qui lui vaudrait le titre de champion.

OBS

L'expression «équipe occupant la deuxième place» : Obtenue du Centre national du sport et de la récréation.

Spanish

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