In such a close-run race as this election, the campaign becomes all important.

在这场难分伯仲的竞选中，参选活动就愈发关键。

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Soon I entered my first real run race. It was the 20km of Brussels.

很快我参加了我的第一个跑步比赛，就是布鲁塞尔的20公里比赛。

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However, when I started to run, I thought only about the race.

然而，当我开始跑步时，我脑子里只想着比赛。

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Last month, the WorldFirst Formula Three racing car was set to run in its first competitive race at the Formula Three Championship Final at Brands Hatch.

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"I'm in the finals,it feels great,". "I knew that I was ready to run fast and I knew regardless of what happened I could win this race.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Less than two years later, Crist has left the Republican Party to run as an independent candidate in the race for a U.S.Senate seat in Florida, after realizing it was going to be impossible for him to win the Republican primary.

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It took the McGwire-Sosa home run race to bring the sport back in favor.

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Officials have suspended the registration process for next year's 140-mile swim-bike-run race, highlighting the underwhelming number of athletes that initially signed up for the competition.

WSJ: City Could Lose the Ironman Race

It is not a stretch to claim that many people who were not regular baseball fans tuned in to MLB action because of the exciting home run race between the two sluggers.

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