Although favorite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced.

虽然那位第一流的职业骑手有希望赢得比赛的胜利, 但他的体不舒服, 结果未得名。

Although favourite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced .

那位第一流的赛马职业骑手有希望赢得比赛的胜利，但他体不舒服，结果未得名。

Through an experiment,the author tries to make some improvement in the current method of gradate place in basketball competition,hence to help development of basketball in China.

本文通过对篮球比赛名排列办法的改革与实验，力求遏制原名排列办法的弊端，以利于篮球运动的健康开展。