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ὁ δὲ ἄριστα δολιχοδρομήσων τοὺς μὲν ὤμους
καὶ τὸν αὐχένα κεκρατύνθω παραπλησίως πεντάθλῳ,
σκελῶν δὲ λεπτῶς ἐχέτω καὶ κούφως, ὥσπερ οἱ τοῦ
σταδίου δρομεῖς: ἐκεῖνοι μὲν γὰρ σκέλη χερσὶ
κινοῦσιν ἐς τὸν ὀξὺν δρόμον, οἷον πτερούμενοι ὑπὸ
τῶν χειρῶν, δολιχοδρόμοι δὲ τουτὶ μὲν περὶ τέρμα
πράττουσι, τὸν ῾δἒ ἄλλον χρόνον σχεδὸν οἷον διαβαίνουσιν,
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ἀνέχοντες ἐν προβολῇ τὰς χεῖρας, ὅθεν
ἐῤῥωμενεστέρων τῶν ὤμων δέονται.
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