Depending on who use it, a effective method is sometimes called strategy, sometimes called dirty-play.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...o-claimed-Olympic-gold-at-the-1948-Games.html
"...Curiously, the course for their races at Henley was technically 200 metres short, but the fact that it went against the stream was deemed to make up the difference. Burnell, ever calculating, decided early upon an audacious but highly risky route to a gold medal, where the British double would deliberately lose their heat against the French to avoid meeting Denmark, their main rivals, in the semi-final. The ensuing repechage provided an extra race to reach competitive sharpness and smoothed their progress to a final where, sure enough, they encountered the Danes. "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...o-claimed-Olympic-gold-at-the-1948-Games.html
"...Curiously, the course for their races at Henley was technically 200 metres short, but the fact that it went against the stream was deemed to make up the difference. Burnell, ever calculating, decided early upon an audacious but highly risky route to a gold medal, where the British double would deliberately lose their heat against the French to avoid meeting Denmark, their main rivals, in the semi-final. The ensuing repechage provided an extra race to reach competitive sharpness and smoothed their progress to a final where, sure enough, they encountered the Danes. "
