Sentence examples for closing metres from inspiring English sources
Murray seized control, but Mola had the greater finishing strength in the closing metres.
Phelps began swimming again in the final leg, the freestyle, and nearly beat Cseh with a push in the closing metres — or so it looked to the naked eye.
Kristoff pulled away in the closing metres to win the 294km (186-mile) contest in 6hr 55 min 56sec and become the first Norwegian to triumph in the one-day race.
Martin had looked set to win the stage himself but the Orica-GreenEdge rider battled past in the closing metres to take the 197.8km stage from Cádiz to Arcos de la Frontera in a time of 5hr 12min 14sec.
Sprinting alone in a seemingly futile bid to get past Kittel in the closing metres, Cavendish appeared to lose control of his back wheel on a cobble in what always seemed a losing battle.
With Froome, Geraint Thomas, Leopold König, Richie Porte, Wouter Poels and Roche tasked with closing out the stage after Peter Kennaugh, Ian Stannard and Luke Rowe had exhausted themselves on the flat, Poels hoisted the white flag at the bottom of the ascent and, of the remaining quintet, Roche was found ever so slightly wanting in the closing metres.
The Portaferry athlete reached 800m in 2 10 in Saturday's race but after taking the lead on the final lap, she struggled over the closing 100 metres.
The Derryman's time on Saturday, as he eased down in the closing 80 metres, was.52secs outside his world record for the event set at last year's London Paralympics.
Stimpson went into the race as the top-ranked athlete and justified that position with a commanding performance, pulling away from Sweetland over the closing 500 metres.
Letterkenny athlete Darren McBrearty had to be content with third in the men's 1500m after being overhauled by winner Colin Costello and Eoin Everard in the closing 50 metres.
However, the double European Cross Country Champion dug in courageously over the penultimate lap and chipped away at Korobkina before passing the Russian in the closing 10 metres.
