400 metres hurdles technique needed to compete. As of August 2018 !Rank !Time !Athlete !Country !Date !Venue !Ref !1 !2 !rowspan=2|3 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lanes the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly spaced around the track. The hurdles are positioned and weighted
2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11 August. Kenya had six entrants in the race, the three normally allowed including the number one runner in 2017 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol, plus defending champion Hyvin Jepkemoi and two expatriates; Winfred Mutile Yavi and world record holder / Olympic champion Ruth Jebet who were running for Bahrain. From the gun in the final Beatrice Chepkoech went to the front. There is a partial lap at the beginning