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inside lane

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noun

  1. athletics the inside, and therefore the shortest, route around a circular or oval multi-lane running track

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“I’ve done this a few thousand times,” smiles Rolf Schatzmann as he steps smoothly into the inside lane and hands his wife, Bernadette Benson, an electrolyte drink he has just prepared.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2024

He undertook another vehicle before cutting back in, braking and swerving across to the opposite side of the carriageway and colliding with a Ford Fiesta on the inside lane, Hertfordshire Police said.

From BBC Oct. 6, 2023

The races are two laps with the boat with slower qualifying speed getting the inside lane.

From Seattle Times Aug. 6, 2022

LaJoie led the field from the inside lane and did everything he could to hold off Elliott.

From Washington Times Jul. 10, 2022

A dump truck was traveling west in the center lane of I-595, and another vehicle, a Subaru Outback, was alongside it on the inside lane.

From Washington Post Apr. 20, 2022

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