CREATE TABLE table_204_607 (id DECIMAL, "season" DECIMAL, "date" TEXT, "location" TEXT, "discipline" TEXT, "place" TEXT)

the final race finishing place was not 1st but what other place ?
SELECT "place" FROM table_204_607 ORDER BY "date" DESC LIMIT 1
SELECT "place" FROM "table_204_607" ORDER BY "date" DESC NULLS LAST LIMIT 1