sprint finish
Race-ending acceleration surge
A sprint finish is the final burst of speed at the end of a race, when competitors accelerate to their maximum effort in the closing stretch.
Common in cycling, running, and swimming, it often decides races that remain close near the finish line: She saved her energy for the sprint finish and edged out the leader in the final meters.
- breakawaySudden separation from group
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- split secondInfinitesimal unit of time
- road cyclingBicycle racing on pavement
- kickFoot-delivered strike
time trial · acceleration · peloton · sprinter · explosiveness · stride · lunge · Tour de France · surge · anticipation · timing · lean · cadence · strategy · pacing · last gasp · propulsion · dash
- Marathon Termssplit times, pacing, race pace, qualifying time, personal best
- raceshorse race, Kentucky Derby, foot race, Preakness Stakes, car race
- racing termsbackstretch, checkered flag, daily double, dead heat, exacta
- finish line expressionsdown to the wire, home stretch, final stretch, final lap, crossing the line
- cross-countrytrails, terrain, distance, endurance, hills
- finish linesribbon, checkered flag
pace and intensity
sprint finishsteady pace
Uniform rate of motion
even pace · measured pace · fade · plod · grind