distance runner
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“I definitely understand the question always being there,” says Sara Hall, an elite distance runner competing in Sunday’s race.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
It has been especially relevant to athletics, in which South African middle distance runner Caster Semenya - who was born with DSD condition 46 XY 5-ARD - twice won Olympic 800m gold.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2024
One of those who died was Majed Abu Maraheel, a retired distance runner who became the first Palestinian to compete in the Olympics when he ran the 10,000 meters in Atlanta in 1996.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024
Ventura High School distance runner Sadie Engelhardt surged over the final 400 meters to break her Arcadia Invitational record in the girls’ mile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024
He was the youngest distance runner to ever make the team.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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