Sentence examples for on countback from inspiring English sources

Evans won on countback on that occasion to set-up a semi-final with the world champion and top Olympic seed, Taras Shelestyuk.

American Jesse Williams, the only other man to clear 2.33, won on countback after only taking one attempt at 2.26.

After a tied match with Australia, the sides were still tied after a one-over eliminator and the Aussies won on "countback" by virtue of having hit one six to England's none.

And the Briton only had one failed jump, compared to the Lithuanian's four, giving Grabarz the title on countback despite Stanys jumping a personal best.

Chris Tomlinson needed a third-round effort of 8.02m to squeeze into the final on countback.

Davidson won on countback after Brazilian Rodrigo Parreira da Silva posted the same distance.

At just over 6 feet tall, he is hardly the most imposing figure in his discipline, but he was the cleanest, most consistent jumper Thursday: clearing his first five heights on his opening attempt and winning the gold on a countback over Aleksey Dmitrik of Russia, who also cleared 7 feet 8 ½ inches but on his second attempt.

These meant that he had finished on equal points with Button but lost out on a countback.

Ukrainian world high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko, who has been edging closer this season to Javier Sotomayor's world record of 2.45 metres, failed with an attempt on the Cuban's mark after winning the event on a countback with 2.33.

Friday's other gold medalists were Dani Samuels of Australia, who threw 65.44 meters (214 feet 8.37 inches) to win the women's discus, and Yaroslav Rybakov of Russia, who won the men's high jump on a countback after clearing 2.32 meters (7 feet 7.33 inches) on his first attempt.

Kluft got the nod on the countback rule.