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What is a photo finish?

What is a photo finish? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph
  2. (by extension) Any competition with a very close outcome
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However, after close scrutiny of the photo finish, the race was awarded to the American.
In a photo finish Russia held on to first with Italy nosing ahead of Lithuania in the last 30 metres to take the second qualifying spot.
Heat two followed a similar pattern as Slovenia and Germany paced each other to a photo finish, Slovenia earning the advantage.
A sprint to the line ended in a photo finish between Great Britain, Germany and Cuba.
They won the games in a photo finish, pulling ahead of the previous year's winners with a gutsy last-ditch surge.
Shake You Down, winner of the True North Breeders' Cup Handicap on June 7, won a photo finish for second by a nose over Gators N Bears.

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