Sentence examples for race sprints from inspiring English sources

In the elimination race, sprints are held on every other lap and the last sprinter to cross the finishing line is eliminated until one rider remains.

See also athletics; cross-country; hurdling; long-distance running; marathon; middle-distance running; relay race; sprint; steeplechase.

In 1963, Soviet star Yevgeny Grishin Yevgeny Grishin was the first man to break the 40-second barrier in the men's 500-meter race, sprinting to the finish in 39.6 seconds.

when you come to the home stretch or the end of the race, sprint to the finish.

There are also individual races, sprints, and a relay.

In the points race, final placings are decided according to accumulated points won by riders during mid-race sprints.

Now athletes compete in two types of races: flatwater sprints (racing in lanes) and the newer slalom (whitewater racing).

At least four of them were racing sprint cars.

There are five races left before the 12-driver field is set for the 10-race sprint for the title.

It would not consider dropping events from its 36-race Sprint Cup Series or shortening races, Brian France, Nascar's chief executive officer, said.

Stewart and Ward shared a love of racing sprint cars: high-powered, winged cars built for running on short oval or circular dirt and paved tracks.