cinder track

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That record was set on a cinder track, considered the best surface at the time.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

And the last to be run on a cinder track; a bridge between older Olympics and the modern.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2021

American swimmer Don Schollander took four gold medals, Czechoslovakian gymnast Vera Caslavska won three, and Bob Hayes tied the 100-meter world record of 10.0 seconds, the last Olympics run on a cinder track.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2020

Harrison Dillard of the USA won the men’s 100m on a sodden cinder track that left him spattered with mud.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2020

And I must say for him that he is not one of those who think of the Alps as no more than a cinder track to try one's endurance.

From A Tramp's Notebook by Roberts, Morley