Badminton had its funding cut from £7.4m to £5.9m after London 2012, after no players managed the minimum fourth-to-eighth-placed finish that had been targeted.
Mr. Clinton managed a surprising second-place finish that year in the New Hampshire primary, behind Paul E. Tsongas.
But Mr. Gingrich, hoping for a strong second-place finish that will win him delegates to the Republican National Convention, was not done with the issue.
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A Santorum win would also upset Romney's hopes of a first-place finish that could help him wrap up the nomination by the end of January.
Struggling rivals like Texas Governor Rick Perry and U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann are fighting for at least a fourth-place finish that could preserve their flickering hopes.
It was not until 1965 at the National Invitation Pocket Billiards Championship, seven years after his last first place finish, that he would repeat as champion in a sanctioned tournament.
Or you might say it was when Fara Williams' nerveless extra-time penalty against Germany secured the third-place finish that the team's performances deserved.
Republican officials said after Mr. Giuliani's distant third-place finish that he was likely to endorse Mr. McCain, possibly as early as Wednesday in California.
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