Track and field
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Track and field is a sport that includes many different kinds of athletic contests that are based on running, jumping, and throwing. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport take
Part of a track and field stadium
An ancient Greece vase from 600 BC depicting a running contest
An early model of hurdling at the Detroit Athletic Club in 1888
Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, one of the first modern track and field stadiums
Michael Johnson (sprinter)
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Michael Duane Johnson is an American sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. His 400 m time of 43.18 seconds is the American record a
Johnson in 2016
Johnson's gold spikes