To our surprise, he won the running race!

令我们惊讶的是，他在赛跑中获胜了！

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They had a running race.

他们进行了一场跑步比赛。

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I'm afraid I can't do well in the running race.

我恐怕不能在赛跑中取得好成绩。

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It's the outcome of a race one's running faster than all of the other guys and it's as if to have a career at all one has no choice but to come in first.

这里讲的是一项竞赛的结果,某个人比其他所有人跑的都快,就好像这场竞赛中,除了第一你别无选择。

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The 4 by 400 was the last women's running race of these games.

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