Sentence examples for closest finish from inspiring English sources

Cambridge's push continued but Oxford passed the finishing post with a canvas' advantage, the closest finish of the century.

It was the fourth-closest Heisman race and just as suspenseful as the award's closest finish, in 1985, when Bo Jackson of Auburn edged Chuck Long of Iowa by 45 points.

It was his closest finish.

It was the closest finish ever in the event.

Paul Tergat's 0.32-second win over Hendrick Ramaala in 2005 is the closest finish.

It was the closest finish in the 30 runnings of the Tampa Bay Derby.

Dixon passed Smith in one of the closest finishes in the race's history.

It was one of the closest finishes in the 151 runnings of the famous race.

The Spanish Grand Prix in 1986 was a real thriller that produced one of the closest finishes in F1 history.

This metric provides an alternative measure of assembly completeness and accuracy when the closest finished genome is too divergent.

He predicted a close finish.