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hurdlingTrack-and-field event, a footrace over a series of obstacles called hurdles. Runners must remain in assigned lanes throughout a race, and, though they may knock hurdles down while running over them, they may do so only with a leg or foot, not a hand. Modern hurdlers use a sprinting style between hurdles, display an exaggerated forward lean while clearing the hurdle, and then bring the trailing leg through at nearly a right angle to the body, which enables them to continue forward without breaking stride after clearing the hurdle. Hurdling distances are 110 m and 400 m for men and 100 m and 400 m for women. |
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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. 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. 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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