women's hurdle heights are a complete joke.
they need to raise them 3"
women's hurdle heights are a complete joke.
they need to raise them 3"
It's so they can 3 step.
OP why are you asking yourself a question in the second reply???
The men's high hurdles and the women's hurdles are so different they don't even deserve to be compared.
None of the top 10 male hurdlers could crack the top 20 for the open 100 meter dash. Not even close. There are a few that have and do come close but they are very rare.
A larger number of women have succeeded in doubling the 100m and 100m hurdles, as well as 4x1's. In fact this is quite common at the college level.
The reason for this is probably it requires completely different muscle groups and strength ratios to run the men's high hurdles than it does to sprint compared with the women's hurdles and sprinting.
If the men were running hurdles 3 inches lower and a distance of 110m but with the hurdles spaced another 10" apart so that the last hurdle was 2 steps before the finish line men's times would be in the 11.5-11.0 range with many athletes doing the double. So much possible speed is lost from those extra few inches they have to clear and the distance between the men's hurdles.
Thats how a Chinese guy is able to run with the darkies OP.