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2009 LetsRun.com World Championships Prediction Contest
Our famous prediction contest is back!
The 2009 World Championships start Saturday in Berlin and to celebrate this occasion we're rolling out our world famous prediction contest.
How
it Works
The process is quite simple. On the next few pages you will
pick who you think will get 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each
running event (including the relays), plus the women's pole vault, women's high jump, men's long jump, and men's shot put. Inevitably, some competitors may
drop out at the last minute or your buddy may call
you with inside info and you'll want to change your picks.
We have a feature that allows you to change your picks up until about
10 minutes before a particular event is scheduled to start. So
you don't have to fill all of your picks at once. For
those of you who work for a living, this is a very important
feature. We know you can only fool your boss for so long
and make it look like you are actually doing some work,
so now you hopefully won't get fired for participating in
the contest. You can partially fill the bracket out and then
come back later.
Even if you know very little about some of the foreign competitors competing we have a very detailed form chart ever to help you out.
Scoring
The scoring is
as follows:
- Each person
that you correctly pick to finish in the top 3
= 1 point
(It doesn't matter if you actually
get the pick exactly right. If you pick someone for 1st and they finish 3rd you still get the point.
Vice versa is true as well. If you pick them to get
third and they get third, it's still only one point.)
- Each event winner picked correctly
= 3 more points (you pick someone for first and they
get first)
- Each event picked perfectly -
All three picks: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
in the right order = 2 more points (here the order is
key)
Do you understand the rules fully? The following example should
explain any questions you have. If you pick 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd correctly in any event in the proper order,
it is 3 points (1 point for each person in the top 3) + 3 points (for
getting the winner correct) + 2 points (bonus for perfect
pick of top 3 in order) = 8 points.
The more points the better.
Now for the Prizes:
1st Place: $150 Roadrunner Sports Gift Certificate
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2nd-5th Places: 
Autographed copy of Kenny Moore's critically acclaimed Best Efforts. (Read the glowing LetsRun.com review here)
Perfect Ballot: $1,000,000 (A perfect ballot means you pick the three medallists in
the correct order for every event for both sexes - doing it for just
one sex doesn't count as a perfect ballot) 1 winner maximum. If more than 1 person has a perfect ballot, the winners of the $1,000,000 will be selected by random drawing. The $1,000,000 will be paid out as $25,000 for 40 years.
Perfect Distance Ballot: $25,000 (Picking the three medallists in the correct order for the 800, 1500, 5k, 10k, marathon and steeplechase for both sexes - doing it for just one sex doesn't count as a perfect distance ballot). 1 winner maximum. If more than 1 person has a perfect distance ballot, the winner of the $25,000 will be selected by random drawing. The $25,000 will be paid out in a lump sum.
Group Scoring: Remember, you can sign
up to play in a group and play against your friends. So please let them know about this contest as we want this to be the biggest one in our history.
Oh yeah, only one entry per person. No computerized/mechanical entries. I'm
sure we should have a bunch of legal stuff here. How
about this: your picks and your login name are not private
and may be displayed on our website. And we're not responsible
if the free contest gets cancelled for any reason including
if our database crashes. We'll do our best to keep everything
running smoothly. The top 3 in any event are final
when we determine them at the end of the meet and this may not be the ultimate
final top 3 (mainly due to drug busts in the future). Additionally, this contest
is obviously void where prohibited by law, which states
and countries that is - we don't know. Also you need to be of the right minimum age which we'll say is 15 to be safe. No purchase necessary. And yes
we can win our own contest. If we beat you, you'll hear
about it for sure.
We have a guide to help you with your picks and are not responsible for any errors in the guide.
*And
we'll try and keep events open until 10 minutes before each
event but we're not guaranteeing anything.
(Please note: For tie-breaking purposes, we'll first look at the number of 1st
places correctly chosen. If there's still a tie, we'll look at the number of 2nd
places correctly chosen correctly, and then if need be, the number of 3rd
places correctly chosen. If there still is a tie, we'll conduct a random drawing.)
Sound easy? Then get started.
You'll be able to login and check your scores during the contest.
You need a letsrun.com login to play. If you have any questions
email us at
letsrun@letsrun.com
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