cinder track

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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

These were the first Olympics broadcast live using satellites and the last to be run on a cinder track; a bridge between older Olympics and the modern.

From Washington Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Bank was dismissed a few days after for shouting out over the staid Palmer as Mills sprinted the final 80 yards on the cinder track, the last time that surface was used at the Olympics.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 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

With a shout the crowd followed him at a jog-trot past the Music House, past the Cottage out on to the cinder track.

From The Boy Scouts Book of Stories by Louderback, Walt