distance runner
Example Sentences
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“I definitely understand the question always being there,” says Sara Hall, an elite distance runner competing in Sunday’s race.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
In the meantime, Kipchoge, widely regarded as the greatest distance runner of all time, has offered wisdom via WhatsApp - something Yee describes as "surreal".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025
One of those who died was Majed Abu Maraheel, a retired distance runner who became the first Palestinian to compete in the Olympics when he ran the 10,000 meters in Atlanta in 1996.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024
She’s the nation’s premier distance runner as a junior and qualified first in the Division 2 for the 1,600.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
He was the youngest distance runner to ever make the team.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
