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low hurdles

American  

noun

Track.
  1. a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 feet 6 inches (76 centimeters) high.


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As a high school athlete in Los Angeles in the 1940s, he set a national record in the high hurdles and state records in the low hurdles and long jump.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

She came back Saturday morning to run away from the finals field in the 300 low hurdles, winning in 44.69 seconds.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2022

The 180-yard low hurdles became the 300-meter intermediate hurdles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2018

One by one, they have to jog through cones then jump over a series of low hurdles.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2014

At intervals the races were run off—the two-twenty, the quarter-mile, the half-mile, the high hurdles, the low hurdles.

From The Jester of St. Timothy's by Pier, Arthur Stanwood