What is "semi-finals"

Usage examples of "semi-finals".

In the wash-up, Cathy ran the 13th fastest time, yet missed the 16-strong semi-finals field.

With Melinda Gainsford, who had made the semi-finals in the 100m and 200m, Australia had a strong team.

Notable in that relay was a powerful 400m leg by Gainsford who had previously made the semi-finals of the 100m and 200m.

But that week also had a beneficially purgative side effect: after six solid weeks of semi-finals and finals, of listening to the radio and looking for Wembley tickets, the football clutter was gone and there was nothing with which to replace it.

Even Cup semi-finals, or Championship deciders, weren’t televised live.

The first five in each race would contest two semi-finals, and fifteen of the fastest, strongest clansmen would run the final on the last day.