adjective
[ only before noun ] ( sport ) connected with running a race over a distance that is neither very short nor very long :
a middle-distance runner (= for example, somebody who runs 800 or 1500 metre races)
adjective
[ only before noun ] ( sport ) connected with running a race over a distance that is neither very short nor very long :
a middle-distance runner (= for example, somebody who runs 800 or 1500 metre races)
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005