hurdling

Edwin Moses, the godfather of 400-meter hurdling, once theorized that the 10-hurdle race presented 31 moments for potential failure, beginning with the start and including every takeoff, flight and landing over all 10 hurdles.

His first headline in The Times was accompanied by a photo of him hurdling tacklers.

Just seven months ago, the hurdler with the fastest time in the world this season wasn’t even hurdling at all.

Neither was speed, even though she remembered the techniques of hurdling, Boumkwo, 29, said in a phone interview Monday.

“As far as hurdling, you fall a lot — it’s mentally frustrating,” Gonzales said.