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'The Amazing Race' recap: Gary and Matt eliminated from season 15 on week nine episode


Promotional photo of Gary and Matt Tomljenovich from "The Amazing Race" season 15 (Yahoo TV)

Father/son team Gary and Matt Tomljenovich were eliminated from "The Amazing Race" season 15 on the week nine episode, Nov. 16, 2009.

Meghan and Cheyne were the first team at the pit stop, winning themselves a suana.

Challenges

On We're Not Meant for the Swamp the teams traveled to Estonia. Lucky for some and unlucky for others, the boat to their destination didn't leave until about 12 hours after the last team at the pit stop was allowed to depart. It was a very long wait, but it gave the teams in the back the chance to catch up, and it made the race to Estonia even.

Once in Estonia it was a race to find the meeting place of a secret group, the location of their next clue. The clue was a Road Block, which had them going in to one of the chambers in the building, searching for a room with a scroll, and then figuring out the message that was written on the scroll. Of course, it was a little more difficult than it sounds because the teams had to discover that they could only see the message if they held the scroll over candle light.

Before Gary and Matt could participate in the Road Block they had to complete a Speed Bump because they were last but not eliminated last week. Their speed bump told them to find a Saunabuss and take a five minute sauna. Easier said than done because they had to travel quite a way to find the SuanaBuss. Most of the teams were gone by the time they made it to their Road Block.

The second challenge of the night for the teams was a Detour. The teams either had to plant themsleves in mud up to their ankles and sling shot vegetables on to a target or had to plant themselves in mud up to their waistes and play a game of volleyball.

Next episode - Nov. 22, 2009: The teams head to Prague, where Sam and Dan continue to battle dirty

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