Girl Athletes in Action

93 H "R LI . - L\L\I.\RY (1) rmany, he wa laced fifth in won by ~Ji ~ I. Did– w rld' record time of c en ial of uc e s in women hurdling i C< me fa and carlc 1· at the fir~ Jrnr Jc with the c crmina cion f taking r'he ob aclc Ji crally in on - ride. The girl hurdler car of cour e in the crouch omc· ou of her hole in the rue rintin r fa hion. he mu t however kc care alway to reach her takc.:-off mark for the fir cl arancc.: in c.·acth· he amc number of tride from he t. rt. If the ~ ;ri c-lcn h ou of he holt: an up the fir hurdle i. no adju tcd to a mechanical reci ion the hurdler wiil find her elf alkcd by ha, in o akc-off ci thcr too far from or too clo_c to he o - aclc. In he fiu ea c he i Jikeh· to hi i and fa]J, in the ccond ea c he will Jan ;> a ru Iv that her body i likely to he nap ed uprigh , i'ha i ·ill le i po ible o (rct any kng h into the fir .rile a er 1:mdin an on_cquently i wi11 l c i1 cul for her to reach the nc hurdle in the r ula– ti n three tri e . The leading le r hou]d be thrown tifl1y up t th fr n a o ri c to the.: c..:nc . (Fig . 1 :in --)