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we have some sort of issue with the leaderboard.
both the guys who know how to work it have gone to bed,
so we are a little uncertain of the scoring at the moment.
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belgium got within a single yard of australia before losing their extra runner.
when the third belgian runner failed to complete 68that should have put them up by 2.
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the leaderboard shows australia up by 5,
when it had shown them down by 2 before the first belgian dropped.
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what probably happened is that australia had gotten behind on data entry
(which has happened a number of times)
and never actually trailed.
.it looks like japan,
which is now down to 3 runners
is still 22 yards behind,
and making up a yard an hour.
australia, with 3 is pulling back ahead.
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so the pressure is on the two remaining belgians.
if either one drops
the other is out after one more yard.
if one fails to complete a yard,
the other is out then!
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at 3 yards an hour,
the japanese would have an excellent chance of bumping belgium off the podium….
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and word is that it is raining in belgium.
not helpful to the belgian cause!
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the next hour or two are huge.