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hurdler

  • a word derived from hurdle.
    hurdle
    noun
    a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.

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Borquez is also a top hurdler and defending state champion JJ Harel of Notre Dame will be in the high jump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

“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

He joins the small list of Zambian Olympic heroes, alongside 400m hurdler Samuel Matete, who won silver at Atlanta 1996, and boxer Keith Mwila, who took bronze at Los Angeles 1984.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

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