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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. 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?

  2. Kirani James:

    There's a lot of great athletes out there and events like mine, like the men's high jump and both men and women's hurdles that are really competitive, i think somewhere, something has gone wrong in the marketing of the sport but if the right people are in the right positions, I still think the sky's the limit for track and field.

  3. Vin Lananna:

    In order to consolidate my efforts and seize this moment, I am stepping aside as President of TrackTown USA and as Chair of the Oregon21 Local Organizing Committee, with the day-to-day operational structure of TrackTown USA and the delivery of Oregon21 in capable hands, the timing for me to transition my focus to the future of track and field could not be better.

  4. Van Niekerk:

    She's fighting for something beyond just track and field, she's fighting for woman in sports, in society and I respect her for that, i will support her and with the hard work and talent that she's been putting into the sport. With what she believes in and what she's dreaming for, I've got a lot of respect for her.

  5. 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.


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