cinder track

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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

She then began training full time here on a cinder track and forest paths.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2017

He spoke of the new cinder track and the lengthening of the two-twenty yard straight-away, and ended with a hope that we would all get together and do Yale credit in the intercollegiates.

From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells