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bell lap

noun

  1. the final lap in a race of repeated circuits, signaled by the ringing of a bell.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bell lap1

First recorded in 1970–75
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The Netherlands led by a tenth of a second after the first lap, but the Australian team of Matthew Richardson, Leigh Hoffman and Matthew Glaetzer clawed most of the gap back by the bell lap.

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The Falcon senior went back and forth with Helen Braybrook of Colorado State Pueblo, then took the lead at the bell lap and hung on to win by two-tenths of a second.

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Although she was never in contention Thursday, she finished impressively by running the fourth-fastest time on the bell lap, a 1:11.87.

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On the bell lap, she pushed Konstanze Klosterhalfen of Germany before sprinting past her to finish in 4 minutes, 16.85 seconds.

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On Friday night, the British distance star Mo Farah looked up at the display at the start of the bell lap of the 10,000-meter final.

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