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CINDERS [2 records]

Record 1 2000-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

A cinder running track: an outdoor track.

OBS

There were "cinder paths" running through valleys in the 19th century. Built-up tracks were then called "cinder path" or "dirt track" or simply "cinders" from the material out of which they were made up to the 1964 Olympic Games. The hyphenated forms "cinder-track" and "dirt-track" are obsolete.

CONT

Faster in indoor races than on cinders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
DEF

Piste du stade revêtue de mâchefer aggloméré, qu'utilise la course à pied.

OBS

«Cendrée» désigne tant la piste que son revêtement, d'où les termes «cendrée» et «piste en cendrée»; et comme on dit «cendrer une piste», «piste cendrée» est également un terme correct.

CONT

Course sur cendrée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
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Record 2 1987-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

(Material used) for track.

OBS

English sources do not distinguish clearly between the track itself (cinders or cinder track) and the material (cinders) from which tracks (for track and field) used to be made up to 1964.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
DEF

Mâchefer aggloméré formant le revêtement supérieur de la piste d'un stade.

OBS

La cendrée a progressivement été remplacée par une matière synthétique qui permet une utilisation par tous les temps.

OBS

Le terme «cendrée» désigne également la piste elle-même.

Spanish

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