sprint race

collocation in English

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sprint
noun
uk
/sprɪnt/us
/sprɪnt/
a short and very fast race, such as the 100 metres, or the last part of a longer race that is run as fast ...
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race
noun
uk
/reɪs/us
/reɪs/
a competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to ...
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(Definition ofsprintandracefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly asprintrace.
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The top 60 finishers of thesprintrace(10 km for men and 7.5 km for women) would qualify for the pursuit event.
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The top two finishers from eachsprintracecomprise the rest of the 33-kart starting grid.
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He won a gold medal in the 200m mixed tandemsprintrace.
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Asprintrace, it was open to two-year-old horses and run on dirt over a distance of six furlongs.
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Open to three-year-old horses, it is asprintracecompeted over a distance of 6 furlongs.
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She completed thesprintracein last place, with a time of 54.15 seconds, failing to advance into the semi-finals.
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Race days consist of many events, including that of asprintrace.
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Match competitions generally consist of a classic and asprintrace.
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She saw asprintraceand fell in love with mushing.
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Thesprintracestarted on damp track and few drivers gambled starting with slicks.
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Inaugurated in 1947 as a six furlongsprintraceon dirt, it was switched to the turf course in 1964.
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He rose through the field to finish fifth in the feature race, giving him fourth on the grid for the shortersprintrace.
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In thesprintracehe started from the back and rose to fourteenth place.
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He took up cycling, and won his firstsprintrace, in 1932.
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The driver can only use it four times in asprintraceand eight times in a feature race.
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In thesprintracehe finished 18th, but still led the championship after its first round.
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He escaped with compressed vertebrae and minor bruising, missing the following day'ssprintraceas his car's monocoque was written off by the impact.
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In 1991 a short distance race (roughly 25 minutes) was added and asprintracewas added in 2001.
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He finished third in thesprintrace, taking his championship points tally to 27 from just four races.
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