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Re:Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics by bane on Friday June 17, 2016 @11:53AM (#11923357)
Track and Field is the common umbrella term for basically the sports that happen in the Olympic stadium: running, throwing, jumping, etc. i.e. the events that involve running on a "track" and doing activities in a "field".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_and_field

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Re:Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics by jessriedel on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:14PM (#11923503)
This is true, but the narrow, international definition of "athletics" (which Wikipedia calls "Sport of athletics") apparently includes road running, cross country running, and race walking. These are often not considered to fall under the term "track and field".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_of_athletics

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