cinder track
Example Sentences
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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
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
I got down from the carriage on to the cinder track, and went along the line to the station.
From Bullets & Billets by Bairnsfather, Bruce
