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hurdles

Sprint events in which competitors must clear 10 barriers, the hurdles. Most athletic competitions have two hurdles events: the 110-metre hurdles (100 metres for women) and the 400-metre hurdles. In the men's 110-metre hurdles the barriers are 107 cm/42.13 in high, and the 400-metre hurdles are 91 cm/35.83 in high; the 100-metre hurdles for women are 84 cm/33.07 in high, and the 400-metre hurdles measure 76 cm/29.92 in.



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``I wasn't expecting that mark at all,'' said Blanchard, also the school record-holder at 200 meters and in both hurdling events.
TRACK AND FIELD: A LEAP FOR BLANCHARD by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
It is also important for initiating the hurdling action and the quickness of the touch-down off the hurdle as well as the quickness of the sprinter-hurdler between the hurdles.
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As Perry continued to progress in the 100 hurdles last season, Bobby Kersee - a volunteer assistant at UCLA - began conducting separate individual hurdling workouts for Perry and Hayes to better monitor their technique as well as harness their competitive urges.
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