Greene, in his only previous race this year, ran 9.97.

Young had lost three of his four previous races in the men's 400-meter hurdles.

And, certainly, none of the previous races burned in memory as this one would.

In 2007, he ran the Indy 500 and two previous races.

He finished 30th or worse in three of the previous four races.

They had finished third and fourth in the previous race at Barcelona.

They made most of the right moves, but the intensity level was lower on board than in previous races.

A previous race with the same name was an important event for two-year-olds.

Strangely, the date agreed to was 29 July 1912, exactly a year after the previous race.

Jones had won five of her six previous races this season.