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These athletes, on a trophy from Athens, represent longer-distance runners who have settled into their stride. Most sprinters are shown in Greek art with their arms pumping wildly. Panathenaic amphora with lid (detail), about 320 B.C., attributed to the Nichomachos Group. Terracotta, 44 1/8 in. high. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 76.AE.5. Image courtesy of Perseus Digital Library