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track-and-field

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  • adjective sports referring to track and field athletics.

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Examples

  • More used to Mozart—he played Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne last year—he feels like a track-and-field athlete who's suddenly switched to running marathons.

    Glyndebourne: The Great Leveler Guy Chazan 2011

  • To get there, the Beaverton, Ore., sportswear giant plans to open more stores, put a renewed focused on recreational sports such as running and snowboarding, and emphasize its stable of local endorsers such as Chinese Olympic track-and-field star Liu Xiang and Chinese tennis player Li Na.

    In China, Nike Sets Out to Alter Sports Mindset Laurie Burkitt 2011

  • The collapse of a footbridge near the main track-and-field stadium and the cave-in of a weightlifting venue highlight the weak construction at some venues.

    Use Commonwealth Games Wisdom to Grow Wealth Shefali Anand 2010

  • It's Not the Millrose, but It's Still the Garden Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat is an eight-time mile champion at Madison Square Garden, but when he races the event Saturday, it will be the first time he'll do so at the U.S. Open track-and-field meet.

    Heard on the Field 2012

  • The legacy company's vote for West Ham was a victory for Britain's track-and-field lobby, including the London 2012 chairman and running great Sebastian Coe , who insisted that the track must stay because it was part of the basis on which London had secured the Games.

    West Ham Win Bid for Olympic Stadium Jonathan Clegg 2011

  • The Games 'opening show Sunday evening will be at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, a track-and-field venue with a capacity of about 60,000 people.

    India Seeks Positive Spin With Games Kickoff Amol Sharma 2010

  • Joe Walker, the longtime track-and-field coach at the University of Mississippi, has worked with Ramey and other scientists.

    Cracking the Long-Jump Code Scott Cacciola 2012

  • Last month, Mr. Leon was cited – together with Mr. Fuentes and Mr. Fuentes's sister Yolanda – as being at the center of a network involving a number of track-and-field athletes, a novelty in a country where doping probes have almost exclusively targeted cyclists.

    Key Suspect in Doping Probe Found Dead David Roman 2011

  • Cannon, who also competes in the shot put for the Horned Frogs track-and-field team, is a workout warrior who is a big part of the TCU rushing attack. —

    Around the Mountain West Conference 2010

  • In 2006 and 2010, Spanish police launched wide-ranging antidoping investigations, finding abundant evidence of illegal activities by doctors, professional riders and track-and-field athletes.

    Court Strips Contador of 2010 Tour de France Title David Roman 2012

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