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What is the repechage round in track and field?

Noah Lyles of the United States competes in the first round of the men's 100m in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Noah Lyles of the United States competes in the first round of the men's 100m in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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There’s a new round of races for most individual track events at the Olympics this year. It’s called the repechage — pronounced rep-eh-shazh –— and it loosely translates in French to “to fish out” or “second chance.”

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