In sports, a choke is the failure of a sportsperson or team in a game in a situation where maintaining their performance is highly important.
This can occur in a game or tournament that they are strongly favored to win, or in an instance where they have a large lead that they squander in the late stages of the event. It can also refer to repeated failures in the same event, or simply infer an unexpected failure when the event is more important than usual.
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