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Also Known As hurdle race

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Olympic track-and-field champion Fanny Blankers-Koen
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Sally Pearson at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Olympic track-and-field champion Fanny Blankers-Koen
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
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Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
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Alvin Kraenzlein.
Alvin Kraenzlein
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Gail Devers
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Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
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David George Brownlow Cecil
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Lee Calhoun
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