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05:20The second leg, the second leg, the one that put the push on the ground, is the last part of the body
05:25to pass and it is the one that in most cases hits through the obstacle, therefore the athlete must
05:31check at any moment.
05:34Speed, rhythm and determination, as well as extraordinary agility, are therefore the qualities needed by the hurdler,
05:41skills that the specialist will have to hone through long, long training sessions.
05:57Since the first Olympics won by the American Curtis in 17.6 seconds, to today, many steps have been made.
06:04The young Italian hurdlers are led by Mazza, who holds the national record with 14.2 seconds.
06:10Europe has snatched the supremacy in the specialty from America, with the world record of 13.2 seconds.
06:17tenths set by German Martin Lauer.
06:19In Melbourne, the 110m hurdles was won by the American black Calhoun, with 13.5 seconds.
06:27Here is the Melbourne final, which we present to you with the original commentary of the match made by the radio commentator present on the
06:33field.
06:34The favorite Calhoun on the inside track number 2 and Davis on the inside track 5, both Americans.
06:40Calhoun has a slight lead over world champion Davis Cup winner Schenkel of the United States in third.
06:45Calhoun maintains his lead with a lead of just half a meter.
06:49Davis repeated the result obtained in Helsinki, taking second place.
06:54Here is the same final repeated with the phases in slow motion.
06:58The pass of Calhoun's obstacle, the black man in the second lane and Davis in the fifth, is perfect in style.
07:07and as dynamism.
07:10So we stopped them, so we can observe them on the sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth hurdles.
07:19As you can see, the fight was strenuous until the last meter.
07:23Davis's efforts were in vain and she appeared clearly beaten at the finish line.
07:41In Melbourne, Calhoun and Davis won by 13.5 tenths.
07:45The Italian record of 14.2 tenths is still far away, but the youth of our representatives gives rise to much hope.
07:53A grueling race is the 400-meter hurdles.
07:57It is a typical race for athletes who specialize in sustained speed.
08:02In this race, the 10 obstacles to be overcome also find a precise geometric arrangement on the track.
08:11Exactly this one.
08:12The first obstacle is located 45 meters from the start.
08:16There is a 35-meter gap between each hurdle, with the last one 40 meters from the finish.
08:24The hurdle for the 400 meters is, as we said, 91 centimeters and 4 millimeters high and therefore it must be lowered.
08:33compared to 110.
09:02Here too we start with the blocks.
09:04According to the rules and it is fundamental the fixed number of steps both from the start to the first obstacle and between the obstacle
09:10and obstacle.
09:26The success of the race is very often dependent on how one manages to overcome the first obstacle, in order to gain the
09:32momentum needed to proceed quickly across the entire distance.
09:37The obstacle must be absorbed, that's the word, into the rhythm of the general race.
09:42It is a matter of overcoming it according to the execution criteria valid for all obstacle races without suffering any
09:48alteration in the running pace.
09:51Extremely harmful is to lose one's balance both when one is facing the obstacle and when one is coming down from it.
10:02The arms, as you can see, always have a great balancing function.
10:06It is interesting to know how between one obstacle and another a good specialist takes an average of 15 steps or 17, that is
10:13shorten your stride length when fatigue sets in.
10:17Some attempts to reduce the number of steps to 13, that is, to lengthen them, have not proved to be convenient, since they force
10:23the athlete makes an unnatural effort to sustain the exaggeration in length of the stride itself.
10:29It is clear from this that the 400m hurdles specialist athlete must take mathematical factors into account in his preparation for
10:36the race.
10:37We said earlier how the obstacle is absorbed by the 400-meter specialist.
10:41Here, observe.
10:45The difficulties increase when the harshness of distance makes itself felt.
10:49If you think about the effort that the 400 meters runner takes and reflect on the fact that the
10:55'hurdler, in the second bend, when the muscles become leaden, the breath is taken away and the sight even darkens,
11:01must maintain the necessary lucidity to proceed according to the exact rhythm, you will not fail to admire these specialists,
11:07who are often not considered among the so-called gods of the stadium, since the 400m hurdles race has no
11:14the popularity of other races.
11:15But this does not mean they should be excluded from the highest consideration of athletes.
11:20Given the staggered start of the 400 meters, as we saw last time in the flat races,
11:25and given the staggered position of the obstacles on the track, the public will never be able to understand which is the
11:33'athlete who is winning or losing.
11:35This is why the 400-meter hurdles are a truly fascinating and exciting race.
11:39Only when the athletes are exiting the ninth hurdle or the tenth hurdle,
11:45the public can really understand what positions each athlete managed to take in the race
11:51that is running.
11:58We present an important 400m hurdles race held at the international meeting in Rome in 1958.
12:04and we resume it after the athletes have exited the first curve, that is, they have completed a quarter of the distance.
12:09At the entrance to the finishing straight the race is decided and the Italian record holder Moreno Martini wins, the athlete at
12:15'internal,
12:16that it should be noted that a mistake at the last hurdle when reflexes are sluggish is fatal.
12:31The first Olympics were won by Theo Kesbury with 57.6 seconds.
12:42The Italian record, as we said, belongs to Moreno Martini with 51 seconds and one tenth.
12:51The continental record is still held by the Soviet Lituyev with 50 seconds and 4 tenths.
12:58The world record is held by an American athlete with a time still far from the European reach,
13:0449 seconds and 2 tenths.
13:06It is worth noting that even Americans dedicate themselves with maximum commitment to this specialty only during the Olympics.
13:12Here is the Italian record of 51 seconds and one tenth clearly visible compared to the 50 seconds and 7 with
13:18where the last Olympic title was won in Melbourne.
13:24The women's variation of the 110m is the 80m hurdles, a distance in which athletes must clear eight hurdles.
13:34In this specialty, which is particularly suited to the spirit and physical rhythm of the female athlete,
13:40Let's see the best Italian specialist of the moment, Letizia Bertoni from Milan, in action.
13:44The relativity of the results, albeit good, obtained by this athlete in flat and speed races pushed her to
13:51challenge yourself with obstacles.
13:52The relative ease of the women's hurdle combined with her speed allowed her to immediately achieve excellent results.
14:04An Italian victory is linked to this athletic specialty which is worth remembering,
14:10as it is one of the most beautiful achievements of Italian women's athletics on the international stage.
14:18We present the competition to you.
14:20It is the women's 80m hurdles race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics won by the Italian Ondina Valla.
14:27Our superiority in this race was so striking that another Italian, Claudia Testoni, was the favorite.
14:34The final was so close that all the finalists crossed the finish line in a handkerchief.
14:40Valla, in fourth place, thus won, while Testoni, just a hair's breadth away, was only fourth.
14:45On the other hand, Testoni established the world record immediately after,
14:49which resisted until the arrival of the famous flying mother, the Dutchwoman Fanny Blanchard-Skoe.
14:54And here is the final of the women's 80m hurdles at the last Olympics in Melbourne.
14:58Shirley Strickland on the outside, two more Australians, two Russians and the young German Holler on track number two.
15:05Strickland on the outside edge, Holler Germany track number two,
15:08Russia distrova runway number four,
15:10Thrower Australia on lane number five.
15:13A superlative race and despite a headwind a new record is set.
15:17Ten past seven.
15:18Shirley Strickland wins seventh medal in three Olympics
15:22and she is the first woman to regain an Olympic title.
15:25During training, in the semi-finals and in the finals,
15:28The old record of 10 to 9 had been reached four times and broken five times.
15:32The 3,000-meter steeplechase is a completely different race from previous ones.
15:36It is a mixed route test, suitable for middle distance runners,
15:39that do not have a good base speed.
15:43The observer has the impression of observing a cross-country race,
15:48more than an athletic competition,
15:50a cross-country race with a shorter course and an increased number of obstacles.
15:55The obstacles are represented every 400 meters by four fences
16:00and in addition by a fifth fence with a hedge and a ditch filled with water.
16:06Here is the position of the four fences on the track
16:09it is, indicated by the arrow, the position of the hedge with the water.
16:13The fence is 3.66 meters wide and 91 centimeters and 4 millimeters high,
16:19that is, like the 400-meter hurdle.
16:21The hedge also has these proportions, but it is suggestively enriched with branches.
16:26and is followed by a 76-centimeter-deep ditch of water,
16:29immediately after the hedge, to gradually rise to ground level.
16:34It is obvious that the hedge, due to the particular needs of its location in the field,
16:39it is located in a part of the route that is straightened compared to the normal track layout.
16:43In this race the athlete must find a rhythm that allows him to overcome the four obstacles
16:47and the hedge in such a way as not to suffer serious jolts.
16:50It is clear that the athlete can find different ways to overcome obstacles.
16:54and here the orthodoxy of the obstacle passage is obviously not taken care of,
16:58although the best specialists have achieved a more than satisfactory technique
17:02even in overcoming every barrier.
17:04What you are watching is the Olympic final in Melbourne.
17:07This shows the importance of the 3000m steeplechase race.
17:10to assume a convenient position immediately after departure
17:13in order not to be disturbed by too close contact with opponents
17:17when passing the hedge obstacle.
17:19You will notice how in some passages the athlete assumes rather similar positions
17:23to that of the specialists in short distance hurdles.
17:26Unlike all other races of corresponding distance which take place on flat ground,
17:30The 3000m steeplechase is more of a race of courage and adaptation than a race of pace.
17:34to the difficulties encountered along the way.
17:36Here too it is a question of maintaining articulation and quick reflexes,
17:40even when the unfolding of the distance grips the muscles with the pangs of tiredness.
17:45Notice another good move, it's Braser, the unexpected winner of the Melbourne race.
17:51Braser was a typical official of the City of London
17:54who, seeing him behind the desk in his office, would certainly not have betrayed his sporting practice
17:58and above all the ability to achieve success and to withstand an effort
18:03which, as you see, he prodigated after the victory.
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