sprinter

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UK Athletics' chief executive Jack Buckner said he was "appalled" when it was revealed former Great Britain sprinter Reece Prescod had signed up in January.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

"Think of it like a marathon runner versus a sprinter," said Rando, who is also a professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

He has trained his entire life to be the rarest athlete in the sport: a sprinter who doesn’t lose steam over long distances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

She grew up as a track-and-field athlete, a sprinter, and only took up bobsled in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

It’s the pace of a sprinter, not the pace of a person running sixteen miles a day.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti