I share my exact name with coming in second place, yet sixty of me run each lap in clock space. During the countdown, the last ten of me fly, until happy cheers echo out in the sky. What am I?
Second
The word 'second' means coming after first, but also refers to the unit of time counted down on New Year's Eve.
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