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
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
Presently Mr. Cobb called a halt and the candidates were put at punting and catching, which, followed by a trot twice around the quarter-mile cinder track, completed the afternoon's work.
From The Crimson Sweater by Barbour, Ralph Henry
