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
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
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
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
