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“It was tricky. I was moving fast, clipped the eighth hurdler and lost my balance. That’s never happened to me before.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
On the show, he gave his top five rugby players, starting with former Olympic hurdler Nigel Walker, who was a lightning quick winger for Wales and Cardiff after switching to rugby.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
As Charli xcx’s “360” played over the speakers, Nike trainers along with Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles and Olympic hurdler Anna Cockrell, hyped up the crowd as each corral took off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
The ex-Oregon football player is an elite hurdler but must qualify for Paris at the Olympic trials this summer.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
But during my second year, my friend Locke Ndzamela, Healdtown’s champion hurdler, encouraged me to take up a new sport: long-distance tunning.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
