Running back Thurman Thomas, 30, is not the dominant runner he once was and sometimes needs a breather.

The injuries severely affected her career and was never again the dominant runner she had been.

He was the dominant American 800 meters runner from the mid-1970s through the mid 1980.

In the 1930s, Hardy Ballington emerged as the dominant runner, recording four victories in 1933, 1934, 1936 and 1938.

At Oklahoma State, Belcourt was an accomplished but never dominant runner.

However, East Africans and Japanese runners have increasingly become the dominant runners from 1999 onwards.

The trainers of these three dominant runners say they are not counting the purse money quite yet, and indeed there is legitimate cause for concern in each case.

For most of the time since she became a star at 14, Mary Decker Slaney has been America's dominant female runner.

Morceli was the world's dominant 1,500-meter runner heading into the last Olympics, too.

The revised schedule would make it impossible for Mutola, the world's dominant 800-meter runner, to compete in both events.