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

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

Betty said afterward that they had never run so fast, not even at the school games, where the outdoor girls had made records for themselves on the cinder track.

From The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South by Hope, Laura Lee