The contestants were level pegging after round 3.

参赛选手在第3轮以后成绩不相上下。

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Sixteen of the contestants have hired lawyers and are suing the organizers.

参赛者中有16人已经聘了律师，正在起诉主办方。

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The contestants' goals do not appear to face legal hurdles.

参赛者的目标看起来并没有什么法律问题。

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These stunts are designed to challenge the contestants both physically and mentally.

这些特技项目专为在体能和精神上,挑战参赛者而设计。

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Each show, six contestants from around the country battle each other in three extreme stunts.

每次节目，六名来自全国的参赛者,在三项极限特技中一比高下。

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As happens often in political contests, as election-day approached lines between the contestants blurred.

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After the contest was over, CoreTrace ran the contestants' modified viruses through its BOUNCER anti-virus software.

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It gets no love just hovering down there in the darkness during the contestants' performances.

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