track event

noun

1. a competition in athletics, such as relay running or sprinting, that takes place on a running track

Example Sentences

In spring of last year, two trans athletes withdrew from state high school track-and-field finals after facing a torrent of online and in-person vitriol for their participation in women’s track events.

From Los Angeles Times

However Atkinson, who suffered a major crash during the final of his track event last week, struggled throughout and pulled out at about the halfway point of the race.

From BBC

The pieces of vulcanized rubber track were produced at a factory in northern Italy and workers have been laying them down at Stade de France, the national stadium hosting track events.

From Seattle Times

The race ends at the Panathenaic Stadium, a marble U-shaped reconstruction of an ancient arena that seats about 80,000 and hosted the track events in the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896.

From Washington Times

Russia and Belarus are both excluded from major track events, a decision led by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, whose sport is among the few that has taken such a stringent stance against the Russians.

From Washington Times