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track and field

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. track and fieldnoun

    participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it

Wiktionary

  1. track and fieldnoun

    a group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and the enclosed field

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  1. track and field

    Track and field is a category of athletic sports events that primarily includes running, jumping, and throwing activities. It is divided into track events, like sprints, relay races, and long-distance races, and field events, like high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, hammer throw, and javelin. These events can be performed individually or in teams, in indoor or outdoor settings, and are well-known elements of the Summer Olympics.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Track and Field

    Sports performed on a track, field, or arena and including running events and other competitions, such as the pole vault, shot put, etc.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of track and field in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of track and field in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of track and field in a Sentence

  1. The Florida-based Els:

    I never thought when I started playing this game that I would be standing here talking of playing in the Olympics but I'm really getting excited at being on the same international stage as those stars of track and field, it would be wonderful just to spend time with them in the environment of an Olympic Games.

  2. Justin Gatlin:

    I'm going to go out there and give 100 percent effort every time I have an opportunity to do so. If 19.3 is in the scope then I'll go for that, but right now to even think about that, I have to think about the great Michael Johnson and what he's brought to the track and field world. I'm just honored to be able to say I'm on that short list of Americans who have run that fast.

  3. Ashton Eaton:

    I love the sport of track and field.

  4. Sebastian Coe:

    I am president of an international federation which is under serious investigations and I represent a sport under intense scrutiny, my vision is to have a sport that attracts more young people. The average age of those watching track and field is 55 years old. This is not sustainable.

  5. Dick Pound:

    There is an interesting constitutional, jurisdictional issue there, it would bring up the larger question of who is really running track and field, is it the IAAF or is it the IOC?


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