Are the Women's 400m Hurdles Too Short? | How Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone "Broke" the Event

Kim Batten's Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/kim.batten/posts/as-the-former-world-record-holder-in-the-womens-400-hurdlestoday-i-am-officially/10241383495831406/ World Athletics Record Book with historical hurdle heights: https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/ebooks/world-records-progression/index.html Marie-José Pérec 400H: https://youtu.be/uv06Cn9WXYs?si=yTk--Cl2HAUJYjbW --------------------------------------------- Follow Me! Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmeroleAnderson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atkoeme --------------------------------------------- 🎧Want an Audio version of this episode? Check Out The Final Leg Podcast! 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52DCy6GXDSvEyKvKQgOwZi?si=6a9a0a81ad534bd6 🟣 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-final-leg/id1738100718 --------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Citius Mag YouTube: @CitiusMag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/citiusmag/ Twitter: https://x.com/CitiusMag -------------------------------------------- 📚Video Sources: --------------------------------------------- ⏰Video Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:13 Kim Batten’s 400H Proposal 02:27 When did the 400H get started 02:54 How was the Men’s 400H height determined? 03:56 How was the Women’s 400H height determined? 05:30 What’s the argument to raise the hurdle height? 10:08 Will this change actually happen? – Will it go to 33 inches? 10:50 Have other events changed and if so, how? 12:08 Should this change actually happen? 12:58 What would it take to change the hurdle height? 13:52 Summary