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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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make up time (race)

Swimming olympics

How do you write the below sentence?

I made up 3 seconds the last hundred meters but wasn't able to secure first place.
I made up 3 seconds the last lap but wasn't able to overtake him and get first place.

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I made up 3 seconds in the last hundred meters but wasn't able to secure first place. I made up 3 seconds in the last lap / straight but wasn't able to pass (or overtake) him and get first place. The length of a swimming pool (50 m) is usually referred to as "a straight".

— Ivanhr

  • I made up 3 seconds in the last hundred meters but wasn't able to secure first place.
  • I made up 3 seconds in the last lap / straight but wasn't able to pass (or overtake) him and get first place.
  • The length of a swimming pool (50 m) is usually referred to as "a straight".
  • A lap is 100 meters.
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I made up 3 seconds in the last hundred meters but wasn't able to secure first place.

I made up 3 seconds in the last lap/straight but wasn't able to pass (or overtake) him and get first place.

The length of a swimming pool (50 m) is usually referred to as "a straight". A lap is 100 meters.
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