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Height of Olympic women’s 400m hurdles may be raised as athletes find them too easy

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World Athletics have been asked to consider raising the height of the hurdles in the women’s 400 m.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set her sixth world record in winning a second straight Olympic gold on Thursday .

The men's hurdles are set at 91.4cm (36inches) compared to 76.2cm ( 30 inches ) for the women.

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