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inside lane

British

noun

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

Police investigations found he was straddling the line between the hard shoulder and the inside lane when he crashed into the family's car.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 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

Larson had the inside lane on the restart in overtime, but Austin Dillon got a push from the second row and soon was running four-wide along with Larson, Hamlin and Ross Chastain.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2022

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