Word: clinch
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...from these emotional shackles. "Yes, I'm happy for my country," he said, just minutes after accepting his first-ever Olympic gold. "But I'm also happy for my family, my coach, my friends and even myself." Teammate Hiroyuki Tomita, who nailed a spectacular 9.850 high-bar routine to clinch Japan's hairbreadth victory was even more blunt: "People say there must have been lots of pressure, but I think there's less pressure today, because there's not so much national pride depending on each victory...
...Tigers went on to roll over its remaining Ivy opponent, Penn, to clinch the conference crown and the Ivy League’s automatic berth to the NCAA tournament for yet another year. On the other hand, Harvard retained hopes for an at-large bid but finished 2-1 in its last three games to close the year, the loss coming controversially against Dartmouth in overtime. Its two other wins to end the season, however, were shutouts...
...believe that the most exciting win of the year was our OT win at Brown to clinch the second round playoff series on the road,” Grumet-Morris said...
...than 24 hours after dropping the second game in the series—with Hendricks himself blowing the save in a dreadful relief appearance—Harvard found its back firmly against the wall in the thick of a tense Red Rolfe division race. A single Crimson loss would clinch an Ivy League Championship berth for Dartmouth, and Coach Joe Walsh looked to his ace to be the stopper...
Eliot House did not clinch its victory until it won the men’s “A” division crew race in the spring—worth 100 points and viewed by those involved in IM sports as one of the most important events of the year...