have a bye 復習
まさかの結果に寝覚めの悪い朝になりました。
Olympics: Yoshida settles for silver, Kawai gold in women's wrestling
The 33-year-old Yoshida, who has won 13 consecutive world championships -- the last two at 53 kg and others in 55 kg, scored the first technical point in the first period against Maroulis but eventually lost 4-1 to the reigning 55-kg world champion.
"I am sorry to finish with a silver medal despite all the cheers from so many people," a teary Yoshida said. "As the Japanese captain, I should have gotten the gold medal."
中略
Yoshida, who had a bye into the second round, dominated her first two opponents to set up a semifinal against Betzabeth Angeli Arguello Villegas of Venezuela, who she beat 6-0 to set the stage for the final against Maroulis.
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160819/p2g/00m/0sp/003000c
have/take/get (draw) a byeは文脈から類推できるように，「不戦勝を得る」という意味です。
Oxforddictionaries comでは：
"The transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent"と定義され，
例文として，
he has a bye into the second round
と，毎日のニュースとほぼ同じものが掲載されています。
今回吉田選手がシードによるものか，抽選によるものかはわかりませんが，いずれにしても初戦は２回戦からの登場でした。ともかくも残念でしたが，胸を張って帰国されてください。（lua）
