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

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

In Great Britain the hurdles are fixed and the race is run on grass; in America the hurdles, although of the same height, are not fixed, and the races are run on the cinder track.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various