hurdling
Track obstacle racing
Hurdling is the track-and-field event of running a course with hurdles—barriers that athletes must leap over at speed.
The term covers both the activity and the sport: She took up hurdling in high school.
By extension, hurdling can describe overcoming any series of obstacles: hurdling bureaucratic requirements.
Brief maximum-speed effort
- steeplechaseObstacle course race
- lanesParallel traffic divisions
- heatsIncreases temperature
- semifinalsPenultimate tournament round
finals · spikes · blocks · clearance · stride · three-step · rhythm · knockdown
Obstacle course race
- showjumpingTimed equine obstacle sport
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
- jumpsPushes off ground
thoroughbred · rider · course · racehorse · paddock · point-to-point · eventing · jumping
Sudden springing movement
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- strideExtended single footstep
bound · spring · airborne · arc · trajectory · momentum · elevation · takeoff
Short-distance racing specialist
- coachOne who instructs
- medalistCompetition award recipient
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- competitorOne striving against others
podium · athletics · Olympics · relay · training · technique · form
Obstruction preventing passage
- challengeTest of ability
- difficultyState of being hard
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
roadblock · setback · constraint · overcoming · conquering · navigating · clearing · surmounting
sprint
Brief maximum-speed effort
- steeplechaseObstacle course race
- lanesParallel traffic divisions
- heatsIncreases temperature
semifinals · finals · spikes · blocks · clearance · stride · three-step · rhythm · knockdown · disqualification
steeplechase
Obstacle course race
- showjumpingTimed equine obstacle sport
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
jumps · thoroughbred · rider · course · racehorse · paddock · point-to-point · eventing · jumping · gallop
leap
Sudden springing movement
stride · bound · spring · airborne · arc · trajectory · momentum · elevation · takeoff · landing
sprinter
Short-distance racing specialist
competitor · podium · athletics · Olympics · relay · training · technique · form
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- challengeTest of ability
- difficultyState of being hard
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
hindrance · roadblock · setback · constraint · overcoming · conquering · navigating · clearing · surmounting · bottleneck
- athleticsrunning, basketball, jumping, football, sprinting
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- leg movementswalking, running, jogging, stepping, kicking
- physical disciplinesgymnastics, martial arts, pilates, yoga, tai chi
- sportssports, basketball, tennis, athletics, golf
hurdlingsprinting
Maximum-speed locomotion on foot
flat racing · 100 meters · 200 meters · distance running · marathon running
hurdlingstopping
Ceasing to continue
halting · balking · going around · circumventing · avoiding