Hurdling
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Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle, landing on both feet and checking their forward
Leon Okafor of Austria runs a hurdle at a 2018 event in Linz.
The final of the men's 110m hurdles at the 1912 Summer Olympics
A sequence of hurdling
100 m hurdles at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, Sally Pearson, Lolo Jones and Perdita Felicien
Athletics pentathlon
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In the sport of athletics, pentathlons have taken various forms over the history of the sport, typically incorporating five track and field events. The only version of the event to remain at a high le
Hurdles event at the first Olympic women's pentathlon in 1964
Eero Lehtonen, Olympic pentathlon champion in 1920