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
No human in history achieved the feat until May 6, 1954, when Roger Bannister, a British medical student, ran the distance in 3:59.4 on a cinder track in Oxford, England.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2022
And the last to be run on a cinder track; a bridge between older Olympics and the modern.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2021
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
Nevertheless, with all her reckless talk, she was really trying her very best to keep out of difficulties in school, and on the other hand to make the best time possible on the cinder track.
From The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League by Morrison, Gertrude W.