The same order of top three finishers in the straw poll were the same order as the top three finishers in the national poll, and so to those skeptics who were concerned about the accuracy of the straw poll, the national poll provided empirical evidence that it was a pretty good representative sample of what's going on.
The top placing StarCraft II finishers from the MLG Winter Regional Online Qualifiers and the top eight finishers from the MLG Pro Circuit 2011 National Championships held in Providence last November, will advance to the MLG Winter Arena in New York City, February 24-26 where they will compete for Pool Play placement at the MLG Winter Championship competition and cash prizes.
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The UNFPA's Mr Bernstein likens this to the first finishers of a marathon declaring the race over before the rest of the runners cross the finish line.
The vote was a runoff between the two top finishers of the first round of elections in April.
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The top four finishers in the last Iditarod , the renowned 1, 150-mile dog-sled race across Alaska, were all over 50 years old.
The one event that had a final competition, meaning the top three finishers qualify for the Beijing Olympics, was the women's 10, 000-meter race.
The top three finishers advance to the World Cup in Brazil next June, while the fourth-place team faces the top finisher in Oceania's confederation, likely to be New Zealand.
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Also expected to run are Falling Sky and Dynamic Sky, the 1-2 finishers in the Sam F.
Race two saw Lowry beat Amor with Anstey completing the podium and Nutt, Donald and Dunlop the next finishers.
The first two Irish finishers at the Dunleer event will also earn places in Switzerland while the selectors will add the final two names to the team.
None of the top-10 finishers was inside the world's top 200, but the field is expected to be stronger next year when the tournament moves to a new Robert Trent Jones Junior-designed course Bro Hof near Stockholm.
With only the first three finishers qualifying automatically for Sunday's final, the Larne athlete came home fifth in his semi-final on Saturday.
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Canada are the other best third place finishers and qualify for the last eight behind Sweden and World Champions Japan.
They apparently met and bonded when they were the only two finishers in an extreme endurance race.
Gold, silver and bronze medals would be given to the top three finishers.
Although Stanley carried off the laurels, the other four finishers did respectably.
Since the last rule change in 2003, the top eight finishers earned 10, eight, six, five, four, three, two and one point respectively.
The podium ceremony offered a Lone Star twist: The top three finishers were handed black 10-gallon hats along with their customary bottles of Champagne.
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"Forget the word medals, " Ecclestone said, referring to his previous proposal that would see gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to the top three finishers.
When the final medal counts are tallied from the XX Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, don t expect to see the U.S. on the podium as one of the top three finishers.
But Vinokourov - one of the most aggressive riders of the Tour - cheated the fast-finishers with a well-timed move 2km out to claim a memorable win and leapfrog Levi Leipheimer into fifth place overall.
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Button won an intense three-way fight for victory which ended with only two seconds separated the top three finishers and he was moved to take his first win in a country to which he feels close ties.
Under the plan, starting in 2013 the primary route to the big tour will be through yearlong performance on the developmental tour, culminating in some kind of multiweek super-tournament that includes low finishers from the PGA Tour.
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The 12 group winners and best eight second-placed finishers advance to the last round of qualifiers.
Fueling the effort in New York is outrage over the defrocking in May of two top finishers at a Gran Fondo race in the city.
Despite that, they equipped themselves admirably with a solitary stage win and two finishers in the top 30.
However, both sides move on along with New Zealand as one of the two best third place finishers.
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