grego said:
disagree with this................in any sport/event, i would say at sounds equally correct for your definition of when in should be used. I would use either without thinking about it.
at expresses position or location.
in expresses the position of a person or thing with regard to what encloses, surrounds or includes it, her, him, etc.
In these sentences
at and
in are interchangeable, but the meaning changes:
My car is
at my house. (The car is by/next to/outside the house.)
My car is
in my house. (The car is inside my house.)
Tiger Woods was
at the tournament. (He may or may not have played. He may have been an observer, a commentator, etc.)
Tiger Woods was
in the tournament. (He played.)
He kicked the ball
at the goal. (Toward the goal - the outcome is not known.)
He kicked the ball
in the goal. (He scored.)
The knife was
at his side. (It was next to him.)
The knife was
in his side. (He had been stabbed.)
At and
in are not always interchangeable:
The waiter was
at the table. (He was by the table.)
The waiter was
in the table. (Unlikely, unless the table was specially constructed with a cut-out area within its edges that allowed the waiter to get inside.)
The dog jumped
at my face. (Toward my face.)
The dog jumped
in my face. (Unlikely, unless the dog was small enough to enter one of the facial orifices.)
